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LD 19 Title Page An Act to Revoke the Voting Privileges of Persons Convicted of Murder or a Clas... LD 19 Title Page
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

 
Sec. 1. 21-A MRSA §111, as amended by PL 1987, c. 423, §2, is
further amended by adding at the end a new paragraph to read:

 
A person who has been convicted of murder or a Class A crime
in this State or of a violation of an equivalent state or federal
law in another jurisdiction, as described in Title 17-A, section
4-A, may not vote in any local or state election.

 
SUMMARY

 
This bill prohibits a person who has been convicted of murder
or a Class A crime from voting.


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