| This bill would facilitate voting by individuals who are |
| participating in the Address Confidentiality Program established |
| pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, section 90-B by |
| allowing them to use their designated addresses when registering |
| to vote and by ensuring that their names would not appear on any |
| voting list made available to the public. All voter registration |
| records pertaining to such voters would be confidential and |
| maintained by registrars of voters under seal. These voters |
| would be entitled to receive absentee ballots in the mail for |
| every election during the period of their participation in the |
| Address Confidentiality Program. They would be allowed to place |
| their Address Confidentiality Program voter codes on the absentee |
| ballot envelopes in lieu of their names and addresses to protect |
| the confidentiality of their places of residence. |