VOTER ROLLS – Need to be properly maintained
COMMENT DEADLINE: January 31, 2025
Last summer, more than 250 registered voters signed petitions proposing that the Secretary of State update the procedures for registrars to maintain local voter rolls, which were last updated three decades ago. The current regulation is routinely ignored by the Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions because of its de facto obsolescence.
Public hearing on this proposal was January 16, 2025, 1-3 p.m., Room 400, Burton Cross Building, 111 Sewall Street, Augusta.
WHAT TO DO – You can submit written comments by email to melissa.packard@maine.gov, the Secretary of State’s official contact person for this rule. The deadline for written comments is January 31, 2025. See the ** link for more information.
COMMENT DEADLINE: January 31, 2025
** Official Proposal Announcements by the Secretary of State (it’s the second proposal in the list)
https://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/
BRIEF SUMMARY: This rule was proposed by private citizens in a petition signed by 150 or more registered voters. Under 5 M.R.S. Sec. 8055, the Department of Secretary of State is required to initiate rulemaking proceedings and invite public comment on the proposed rule. The proposed rule would repeal and replace the current rule governing maintenance of voter registration records under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. The proposed rule would impose on municipal registrars new and modified requirements relating to voter list maintenance and the cancellation of ineligible voters. The rule would also create new standards for registrars to determine whether persons seeking to register to vote are qualified voters.
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Here is a sample comment to this proposal. Feel free to use these words, or whatever works for you.
Subject: Comment on Proposed Rule Number 2024-P292
Comment on Proposed Rule Number 2024-P292 / 29-250 Department of Secretary of State, Bureau of Corporations, Elections, and Commissions Chapter Number and Title: Ch. 505, Voter List Maintenance Procedures.
I fully support this proposal. It should be incorporated into the state rules. Current voter rolls are not up-to-date and we need a procedure to maintain voter lists and keep them up-to-date. This Rule can help to ensure citizens that our election integrity is solid, and voter fraud is minimized. I see this as a common-sense approach.
Once again, I support this proposal, and it ought to be incorporated into the state rules.
Your name, Your town
Bevin Corbin – Acton Town Chair is spearheading this effort for York County – bevincorbin@hotmail.com
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