Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 821 – Delivery
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The municipal clerk shall perform the following duties concerning the delivery of voting machines. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
1. Delivery. The municipal clerk shall have the voting machines delivered to each voting place at least 12 hours before the polls are opened on election day. At the time of delivery, the ballot labels must be in place on each machine.
[PL 1995, c. 459, §90 (AMD).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 821
- Ballot labels: means the pages, cards or other material containing the names of offices and candidates and the referendum questions to be voted on that are placed on the voting device to conform with the voting system in use. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808
- municipal clerk: means the clerk, deputy clerk or assistant clerk, where directed by the clerk to carry out duties under this Title, of a municipality. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Voting machine: means an apparatus on which voters cast their votes that records each vote by means of mechanical or electronic counters and furnishes a total of the number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against each referendum measure. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 808
- Voting place: means the building in which ballots are cast at an election. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
- Warden: means the presiding officer at a voting place. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 1
2. Arrangements of machines. The clerk shall arrange each voting machine so that each ballot label, when not in use, and the exterior of the machine are completely visible to the election officials.
[PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
3. Machines locked. After the voting machines have been placed in the proper position at the voting place, the clerk shall make certain that each machine is ready for use when the polls open and the clerk shall then lock each machine.
[RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §64 (COR).]
4. Keys to voting machines. At least 1/2 hour before the polls are opened on election day, the clerk shall deliver the keys to each machine in a sealed envelope to the warden at the voting place.
[PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 1995, c. 459, §90 (AMD). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §64 (COR).