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Maine Revised Statutes, Title 21-A, § 811: Obtaining and using, 1985

A municipality may obtain and use voting machines, but use must be authorized by the municipality’s legislative body and municipal officers must provide enough machines for the voter load.

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polling place administrationvoting equipment procurementvoting machine use
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United States — Maine
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Year 1985
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Enacted 1985 · Source version 1 Oct 2025
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Enacted 1985 · Source version 1 Oct 2025
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A municipality may obtain and use voting machines, but use must be authorized by the municipality’s legislative body and municipal officers must provide enough machines for the voter load.

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A municipality may obtain and use voting machines, but use must be authorized by the municipality’s legislative body and municipal officers must provide enough machines for the voter load.

A municipality may obtain and use voting machines according to the following provisions. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).] 1. Purchased or rented. The municipality may either purchase or rent voting machines. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).] 2. Use authorized. The voting machines shall be used at each type of election authorized by the legislative body of the municipality. Once authorization has been given for use of the machines at any type of election, that authorization continues until specifically revoked by the legislative body. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).] 3. Use in one or more districts. A municipality which has more than one voting district may use voting machines in one or more of the districts as determined by its legislative body. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).] 4. Provided by municipality. In those municipal voting districts using voting machines, the municipal officers of each municipality must provide at least one voting machine for each 450, or fraction exceeding 1/2 of that number, of the voters qualified to vote at each voting place. [PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW).]
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