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An Act To Allow a Voter To Preserve the Confidentiality of That Voter's Presence at the Polls
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §671, sub-§1,  as amended by PL 2005, c. 453, §55, is further amended to read:
 
1. Name announced.   A voter who wishes to vote must state the voter's name and, upon request, residence address to an election clerk who shall announce the name in a loud, clear voice except that, upon the request of a voter, the election clerk may not announce that voter's name.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a voter to request that an election clerk not announce that voter's name.