Directs the Secretary of State to study providing absentee ballots for municipal elections to uniformed service voters and overseas voters.
This bill amends Maine law to allow uniformed service voters and overseas voters to request absentee ballots for municipal elections held on the same date as statewide elections. It mandates that municipal clerks submit a copy of local ballots to the Secretary of State for distribution to eligible voters. The Secretary of State is authorized to issue local absentee ballots to eligible voters and to receive and process voted absentee ballots electronically.
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