Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 313 – Voting procedure
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The following provisions apply to voting at a municipal caucus. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
1. Vote by list. The caucus may order voting to be done by checking each voter‘s name on the municipal caucus list of registered voters from the central voter registration system pursuant to section 312.
[PL 2005, c. 453, §46 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 313
- Caucus: means a meeting of a political party or committee. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
- Central voter registration system: means a single electronic information system and database for voter registration information maintained by the Secretary of State and used by all municipal jurisdictions in the State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- may: when used in this Title, is used in a permissive sense to grant authority or permission, but not to create duty, to act in the manner specified by the context. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 7
- Voter: means a person registered to vote. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
2. Secret ballot. The caucus may order voting to be done by secret ballot which may be printed, or written on plain paper.
[PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 453, §46 (AMD).