Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 847 – Operating instructions
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The clerk must hold a meeting before an election whenever it is necessary to instruct election officials in the operation of voting devices. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
1. Permission to use devices refused. The clerk may not permit a voting device to be used at any voting place unless the clerk is satisfied that the election officials at that voting place know how to operate the device properly and how to instruct a voter in operating it.
[RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §72 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). RR 2019, c. 2, Pt. B, §72 (COR).
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 21-A Sec. 847
- 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
- Voting device: means the voting machine or electronic tabulating system apparatus that the voters use to record their votes on paper ballots or on a tabulating card. 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