| | | The certified copies of the incoming voting list provided by | | the registrar and official ballot boxes must be used exclusively | | at each voting place. If it becomes impossible to use the | | official ballot box, the warden shall direct the method by which | | voting is to proceed. The warden shall record the reason why the | | ballot box was not used and shall place an attested copy of this | | record in the package with the ballots cast. |
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| | | Sec. 54. 21-A MRSA §661, as amended by PL 1985, c. 614, §17, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | The registrar shall hold office hours as long as the polls are | | open on any election day for the following purposes. |
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| | | 1. Error in incoming voting list. The registrar shall | correct any error in the incoming voting list which or central | | voter registration system that might otherwise deprive a voter of | his the voter's franchise. |
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| | A. A voter who is prevented from voting because his the | | voter's name or address does not appear correctly on the | | incoming voting list may request the registrar to correct | | it. |
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| | | B. If the name or address of the voter was omitted by error | | from or placed incorrectly on the incoming voting list, the | registrar shall issue a certificate to him the voter | containing his the voter's correct name and address and | directed to the warden of his the appropriate voting place. | | The registrar shall correct the name and address on the | | incoming voting list and in the central voter registration | | system. |
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| | | C. On receipt of the certificate, the warden shall allow | the person named in it to vote, check his the voter's name | | on the certificate as having voted and attach the | | certificate securely to the incoming voting list. |
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| | | 2. Change of name or address. The registrar shall change a | | name or address on the incoming voting list. |
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| | | A. A voter whose name or address has changed as provided in | | section 129 may request the registrar to change it on the | | incoming voting list and in the central voter registration | | system. |
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| | B. The registrar shall issue a certificate to him and he | | the voter, who may vote as provided in subsection 1. |
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