1. Public records. All lists, books, documents and records required to be prepared by or filed with a public official are public records, except as otherwise provided in this Title. Public records are open to public inspection during regular business hours under proper protective regulations made by the official charged with their custody.

Sec. 6. 21-A MRSA §23, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 584, §2, is further amended to read:

1. Registration and enrollment applications. The registrar shall keep registration and enrollment applications and requests and all documentation of changes in registration and enrollment as part of each active or inactive voter's permanent registration record, except that those records.__Records must be kept only 2 years for a voter whose name has been removed from the voting lists of the municipality under sections 161 and 162-A registration has been cancelled or for an applicant whose registration application has been rejected.

Sec. 7. 21-A MRSA §23, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1985, c. 161, §6, is amended to read:

5. Receipt of incoming voting list. The registrar shall keep the receipt for certified copies of the incoming voting list required by section 624, subsection 2, in his the registrar's office for one year.

Sec. 8. 21-A MRSA §101, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1997, c. 436, §17, is further amended to read:

4. Secretary of State notified. The clerk shall notify the Secretary of State of the name of the registrar within 10 days after the registrar is appointed and sworn by revising the election official's information listing within the central voter registration system.

Sec. 9. 21-A MRSA §103, first ¶, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 459, §5, is amended to read:

In a city or town that has a population of 5,000 or more, if a person is aggrieved by the decision of the registrar of voters to remove a name from the voting list or to refuse to place it on the voting list cancel that person's registration in the central voter registration system or to reject that person's voter registration application, that person may appeal in writing to the registration appeals board.