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Statutes > Maine > Title21a > Title21-Ach9sec0 > Title21-Asec780Title 21-A: ELECTIONS
Chapter 9: CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS
Subchapter 4: ABSENTEE VOTING
Article 2: VOTING BY MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES
§780. Absentee ballots; application
A uniformed service voter or an overseas voter may request an absentee ballot as provided in section 753-A or by submitting a federal application or form requesting an absentee ballot as provided in section 783. With respect to any election for federal office, a clerk or the Secretary of State may not refuse to accept or process any otherwise valid voter registration application or absentee ballot application submitted by a uniformed service voter or an overseas voter on the grounds that the voter submitted the application more than 3 months before the election for which the application will be used. An application or request for an absentee ballot for a uniformed service voter or overseas voter that is accepted pursuant to section 753-A or section 783 remains valid for 2 years from the date of receipt of the application and entitles the voter to receive absentee ballots for all federal and state elections during that period. [2009, c. 563, §5 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). 2003, c. 407, §31 (RPR). 2009, c. 563, §5 (AMD).
