Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 352 – Qualification for presidential elector and county office
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 352
- Candidate: means any person who has filed a petition under either sections 335 and 336 or sections 354 and 355 and has qualified as a candidate by either procedure, or any person who has received contributions or made expenditures or has given consent for any other person to receive contributions or make expenditures with the intent of qualifying as a candidate. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- County office: means the office of judge of probate, register of probate, county treasurer, register of deeds, sheriff, district attorney or county commissioner. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Electoral division: means an area set off for election purposes. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Residence: means that place where the person has established a fixed and principal home to which the person, whenever temporarily absent, intends to return. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Voter: means a person registered to vote. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
A candidate for the office of presidential elector or any county office must be a resident of and a voter in the electoral division the candidate seeks to represent on the date established for filing nomination petitions in the year the candidate seeks election. The elected official must maintain a voting residence in that electoral division during the elected official’s term of office. [RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §45 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §45 (COR).