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Amend the bill by inserting after the title and before the enacting clause the following:
‘ Mandate preamble. This measure requires one or more local units of government to expand or modify activities so as to necessitate additional expenditures from local revenues but does not provide funding for at least 90% of those expenditures. Pursuant to the Constitution of Maine, Article IX, Section 21, 2/3 of all of the members elected to each House have determined it necessary to enact this measure.
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 2 in the 8th line (page 2, line 8 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "5" and inserting the following: '3'
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 4 in the last 2 lines (page 2, lines 22 and 23 in L.D.) by striking out the following: ", along with all provisional ballot affidavits and the provisional ballot log form" and inserting the following: '. Provisional ballot affidavits and the provisional ballot log form must be sealed in tamper-proof containers separately from the provisional ballots and returned to the municipal clerk'
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 5 in paragraph B in the 3rd line (page 2, line 36 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "5th" and inserting the following: '3rd'
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 5 in paragraph C in the 2nd line (page 3, line 4 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "5" and inserting the following: '3'
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 5 by inserting at the end a new paragraph to read:
 
‘D. Rejected provisional ballots, provisional ballot affidavits and provisional ballot logs must be maintained as provided by section 23, subsection 7.’
Amend the bill in section 3 in §671-A in subsection 6 in the first line (page 3, line 9 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "5" and inserting the following: '3'
Amend the bill by adding after section 4 the following:
‘Sec. 5. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
SECRETARY OF STATE, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Bureau of Administrative Services and Corporations 0692
 
Initiative: Provides funding to produce state identification cards, perform programming changes, generate provisional ballots and affidavits and conduct voter outreach.

GENERAL FUND	2017-18	2018-19	
All Other	$351,022	$274,715	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$351,022	$274,715	
 
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SUMMARY
Under the bill, a person who does not have proper photographic identification required to cast a ballot on election day has 5 days to provide photographic proof of identity to the municipal clerk, deputy clerk, warden or election clerk. This amendment, which is the minority report of the committee, reduces that time period to 3 days to reflect the number of days by which municipal election clerks must report election results to the Secretary of State. The amendment also adds a requirement that provisional ballots must be retained in tamper-proof containers separately from provisional ballot affidavits and the provisional ballot log. The amendment requires that rejected provisional ballots, provisional ballot logs and provisional ballot affidavits must be retained in the same manner as regular ballots and election materials. The amendment also adds a mandate preamble and an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
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