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of absentee ballots issued to absentee voters in the | municipality for that election. The report must further | identify the number of ballots that were issued to uniformed | service voters and overseas voters, respectively. For each | category of absentee voters, the report must include the | number of ballots that were returned by the voters and were | processed and cast in the election. |
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| | | E.__Within 10 business days after each election, the clerk | | shall update the central voter registration system to | | include the changes required by paragraph A.__The clerk also | | must update the central voter registration system to reflect | | any absentee ballots received after the polls have closed on | | election day by changing the rejection reason.__When all | | updates have been made in the central voter registration | | system, the clerk shall certify this to the Secretary of | | State and make a final list of absentee ballots available | | for public inspection. |
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| | | Sec. 8. 21-A MRSA §753-C is enacted to read: |
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| | | §753-C.__Absentee ballots for program participants in Address |
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| | | Any registered voter who is certified by the Secretary of | | State as a program participant in the Address Confidentiality | | Program pursuant to Title 5, section 90-B is entitled to receive | | an absentee ballot for every election during the period of the | | voter's participation in the program.__The clerk shall mail the | | absentee ballot to the voter at the voter's designated address as | | soon as possible after the regular ballots are available in the | | municipality.__The voter shall mark the absentee ballot in | | accordance with the procedures set forth in section 754-A and | | shall return the ballot to the registrar in the manner provided | | in section 754-A, except that the voter may sign the voter's | | voter code under the Address Confidentiality Program on the | | absentee ballot envelope instead of the voter's name. |
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| | | Sec. 9. 21-A MRSA §754-A, first ¶, as amended by PL 1999, c. 645, §7, | | is further amended to read: |
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| | | Except as provided in section 753-B, subsection 8 and section | | 753-C, the method of voting by absentee ballot is as follows. |
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