Maine Chapter 9 — CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (§601 - §862)
Subchapter 1: PREELECTION PROCEDURE
Article 1: SECRETARY OF STATE'S RESPONSIBILITIES
- §601 — Ballot preparation
- §601-A — Presidential preference primary ballot (REPEALED)
- §602 — General election ballot (REPEALED)
- §603 — Sample ballots
- §604 — Emergency ballot procedure
- §604-A — Flexibility for combining election ballots
- §605 — Instructions
- §606 — Materials furnished
- §606-A — Special provisions for out-of-district voters
- §607 — Official ballot box
- §608 — Field examiner
- §621 — Announcing an election (REPEALED)
- §621-A — Announcing an election
- §622 — Warrant (REPEALED)
- §622-A — Notice of election
- §623 — Officer's return on warrant (REPEALED)
- §624 — Incoming voting lists
- §625 — Posting of sample ballots
- §626 — Polling times
- §627 — Arrangement of voting place
- §628 — Care and custody of ballot box
- §629 — Voting booths
- §630 — Accessible voting places for the physically handicapped
- §631 — Voting districts
- §632 — Separate voting places; reimbursement of election expense
- §633 — Election expenses
- §641 — Short title (REPEALED)
- §642 — Definitions (REPEALED)
- §643 — Ballot for incumbent Legislator (REPEALED)
- §644 — Ballot for incumbent Governor (REPEALED)
- §645 — Ballot for incumbent members of Congress (REPEALED)
- §646 — Pledge to support term limits (REPEALED)
Article 1: MATERIALS
- §691 — Marking ballots; primary election
- §692 — General election
- §693 — Spoiled ballots
- §694 — Voting list signed (REPEALED)
- §695 — Counting of ballots
- §696 — Challenged, defective or void ballots
- §697 — Use of red pens by election officials
- §698 — Packaging and return of ballots and lists
- §699 — Sealing of ballot container
Article 1: TABULATION AND RESULTS
- §721 — Reports of registration and enrollment
- §722 — Secretary of State to tabulate and print results
- §722-A — Determination of write-in candidate
- §723 — Determination of election
- §724 — Election certificate issued
- §724-A — Written notice to Legislature
- §725 — Commencement of term of office
- §736 — Candidate's inspection of ballots and incoming voting list (REPEALED)
- §737 — Recount (REPEALED)
- §737-A — Recount
- §738 — Statewide referendum ballots
- §739 — Ballots and incoming voting lists available for inspection
- §741 — Jurisdiction (REPEALED)
- §742 — Appeal to commission (REPEALED)
- §743 — Investigations (REPEALED)
- §744 — Procedure (REPEALED)
- §745 — Questions of law (REPEALED)
- §746 — Judicial determination of disputed county office (REPEALED)
Article 1: REGULAR ABSENTEE VOTING
- §751 — Proper at any election
- §752 — Materials furnished
- §752-A — Federal absentee ballot
- §753 — Procedure for obtaining (REPEALED)
- §753-A — Procedure for requesting an absentee ballot
- §753-B — Procedure for issuing absentee ballot
- §753-C — Absentee ballots for program participants in Address Confidentiality Program
- §754 — Method of voting (REPEALED)
- §754-A — Method of voting
- §755 — Deadline
- §756 — Procedure on receipt
- §757 — Challenges
- §758 — Personal vote required when possible (REPEALED)
- §759 — Counting procedure
- §760 — Procedures when counting to be by the clerk (REPEALED)
- §760-A — Procedures when clerk processes absentee ballots centrally
- §761 — Deceased voter; ballot rejected
- §762 — Irregularities disregarded
- §763 — Return of election materials
- §764 — Applications and envelopes as public records
- §776 — Applicability of provisions
- §777 — Methods of registration and enrollment (REPEALED)
- §777-A — Registration and enrollment
- §778 — Duty of registrar
- §779 — Name may be added at any time (REPEALED)
- §780 — Absentee ballots; application
- §780-A — Use of blank write-in absentee ballot
- §781 — Absentee ballots; procedure on receipt (REPEALED)
- §781-A — Absentee ballot application; procedure on receipt
- §782 — Absentee ballots; procedure on return
- §783 — Authority of Secretary of State
- §801 — Election
- §802 — Representation
- §803 — Duties of Governor
- §804 — Meeting in convention
- §805 — Convention duties
- §806 — Compensation of electors and employees
- §808 — Definitions
- §809 — Approval of voting devices
- §809-A — Certain electronic connections and Internet voting prohibited
- §810 — Approval of voting devices (REPEALED)
- §811 — Obtaining and using
- §812 — Requirements for machines
- §812-A — Accessible voting equipment
- §813 — Rules on use
- §814 — Custody
- §815 — Expense of storage and maintenance
- §816 — Operating instructions
- §817 — Ballot labels
- §817-A — Test of voting machines
- §818 — Arrangement of voting place
- §819 — Secrecy preserved (REPEALED)
- §820 — Warden to post specimen ballots or labels (REPEALED)
- §821 — Delivery
- §822 — Preparation for voting
- §823 — Directions for voting
- §824 — Challenge of right to vote
- §825 — Activation of machines
- §826 — Procedure for tabulating votes
- §827 — Procedure after election
- §828 — Security for keys
- §829 — Violation and penalty
- §830 — Application of provisions to voting by machine
- §841 — Definitions (REPEALED)
- §842 — Obtaining and using
- §843 — Requirements for devices
- §844 — Regulations of Secretary of State
- §845 — Custody
- §846 — Expense of storage and maintenance
- §847 — Operating instructions
- §848 — Ballot format for electronic tabulating systems
- §849 — Arrangement of voting place
- §850 — Secrecy preserved
- §851 — Preparation for elections
- §852 — Procedure at the polling place
- §853 — Delivery of ballots or ballot cards to the counting center (REPEALED)
- §854 — Test of electronic tabulating equipment
- §855 — Proceedings at the counting center (REPEALED)
- §855-A — Proceedings after the close of the polls (REPEALED)
- §856 — Official returns
- §857 — Manual counting authorized
- §858 — Absentee votes (REPEALED)
- §858-A — Counting procedure for absentee ballots
- §859 — Recounts (REPEALED)
- §860 — Violation and penalty
- §861 — Application of provisions to voting by electronic voting system
- §862 — Punch card voting systems (REPEALED)