Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 441 – Determination and date of primary; voter eligibility
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1. Determination of primary. No later than October 1st of the year prior to a presidential election year, the state committee of each party shall certify whether there is a contest among candidates for nomination as the presidential candidate. Upon receiving the certification from one or more parties, the Secretary of State shall announce the parties that will have a presidential primary election, which must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in March of the presidential election year.
[PL 2021, c. 273, §7 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 441
- 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
- Election year: means the calendar year within which a particular election is held. 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
- Party: means a political organization which has qualified to participate in a primary or general election under chapter 5. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Primary election: means the regular election for the election of nominees of a party for the general election. 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
2. (TEXT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1/01/24) Eligible voter. No later than October 1st of the year prior to a presidential election year, the state committee of each party shall notify the Secretary of State of the enrollment qualifications, subject to the restrictions in section 144, for voters eligible to vote in that party’s presidential primary election. If no notice is received by that date, only voters enrolled in a political party may vote in that party’s presidential primary election.
[PL 2021, c. 273, §7 (AMD).]
2. (TEXT REPEALED 1/01/24) Eligible voter.
[PL 2021, c. 750, §7 (RP); PL 2021, c. 750, §14 (AFF).]
3. (TEXT EFFECTIVE 1/01/24) Unenrolled voter participation in presidential primary elections allowed. A registered voter not enrolled in a political party may participate, subject to the restrictions of section 145, subsection 3, in a party’s presidential primary election without enrolling in that political party. An unenrolled voter may vote in only one party’s presidential primary election. The Secretary of State shall establish procedures to ensure that each voter voting in a party’s presidential primary election is offered a ballot for that primary election.
[PL 2021, c. 750, §8 (NEW); PL 2021, c. 750, §14 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2019, c. 445, §4 (NEW). PL 2021, c. 273, §7 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 750, §§7, 8 (AMD). PL 2021, c. 750, §14 (AFF).