Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 828 – Security for keys
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The municipal clerk shall keep the keys to each voting machine in a vault or safe that is kept securely locked when the keys are not being removed from or replaced in it. The municipal clerk may not allow any unauthorized person to have possession of the keys to any voting machine. [PL 2009, c. 538, §14 (AMD).]
1. Keys returned. A person who is authorized to have possession of the keys to a voting machine must return them to the clerk when the person no longer needs them for the authorized purpose.
[PL 2009, c. 538, §14 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 2009, c. 538, §14 (AMD).
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 828
- 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
- 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