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Amend the amendment by inserting after the 4th indented paragraph after the title the following:
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Amend the bill by inserting after section 41 the following:
‘Sec. 42. 21-A MRSA §682, sub-§3, ¶D  is enacted to read:
 
D.  If a sticker that is passed out at a primary election to be pasted on the ballot is the cause of a malfunction of an electronic voting machine, the candidate whose name is on the sticker may be assessed the costs of repairing the electronic voting machine.
Amend the amendment by inserting after the 6th indented paragraph after the title the following:
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Amend the bill by inserting after section 42 the following:
‘Sec. 43. 21-A MRSA §691, sub-§3  is enacted to read:
 
3.  Machine malfunction.    If a sticker that is pasted on the ballot with the name of a write-in candidate is the cause of a malfunction of an electronic voting machine, the candidate whose name is on the sticker may be assessed the costs of repairing the electronic voting machine.’
Amend the bill by inserting after section 44 the following:
‘Sec. 45. 21-A MRSA §696, sub-§2, ¶G  is enacted to read:
 
G.  If a sticker that is pasted on the ballot with the name of a write-in candidate is the cause of a malfunction of an electronic voting machine, the candidate whose name is on the sticker may be assessed the costs of repairing the electronic voting machine.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment allows a municipality to assess the costs of repairing an electronic voting machine that has malfunctioned due to the use of a sticker that has been pasted on a ballot to the candidate whose name is on the sticker.