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LD1148 • 2025

Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections

Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Daniel Shagoury
Last action
2025-05-30
Official status
Signed by the Governor
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections

Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections Sponsor: Representative Daniel Shagoury Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor

What This Bill Does

  • Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections Sponsor: Representative Daniel Shagoury Reference committee: Veterans and Legal Affairs Governor action: Signed by the Governor

Limits and Unknowns

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Amendments

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Adopted by House & Senate

Plain English: Page 1 - 132LR0834(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.

  • Page 1 - 132LR0834(02) COMMITTEE AMENDMENT 1 L.D.
  • 1148 2 Date: (Filing No.
  • H- ) 3VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS 4 Reproduced and distributed under the direction of the Clerk of the House.
  • 5STATE OF MAINE 6HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 7132ND LEGISLATURE 8FIRST SPECIAL SESSION 9 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT “ ” to H.P.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-30 Governor

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-05-27 House

    FINALLY PASSED . Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  3. 2025-05-27 Senate

    FINALLY PASSED , in concurrence.

  4. 2025-05-15 Committee

    Reported Out; OTP-AM/ONTP

  5. 2025-04-16 Committee

    Work Session Held

  6. 2025-04-16 Committee

    Voted; Divided Report

  7. 2025-04-07 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  8. 2025-04-07 Committee

    Work Session Held; TABLED

  9. 2025-03-18 Committee

    Referred to Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs.

Official Summary Text

Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide Elections
Sponsor:
Representative Daniel Shagoury
Reference committee:
Veterans and Legal Affairs
Governor action:
Signed by the Governor

Current Bill Text

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Page 1 - 132LR0834(03)
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FIVE
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H.P. 753 - L.D. 1148
Resolve, Directing the Secretary of State to Study Providing Access to
Absentee Ballots for Municipal Elections to Uniformed Service Voters or
Overseas Voters in the Same Manner as Absentee Ballots for Statewide
Elections
Sec. 1. Department of Secretary of State to study providing access to
absentee ballots for municipal elections to uniformed service voters or overseas
voters in same manner as absentee ballots for statewide elections. Resolved:
That the Department of the Secretary of State shall study the feasibility of and methods for
providing digital access to and receipt of local absentee ballots for uniformed service voters
or overseas voters from a municipality holding an election on the same date as a statewide
election. In conducting this study, the Department of the Secretary of State may consult
with members of an association representing town and city clerks.
Sec. 2. Department of Secretary of State to update information provided to
uniformed service voters or overseas voters regarding access to and return of
local absentee ballots. Resolved: That the Department of the Secretary of State shall
update its publicly accessible website or the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee
Voting Act absentee ballot retrieval service portal, as applicable, to include clearly and
conspicuously that local absentee ballots must be obtained from the uniformed service
voter's or overseas voter's municipality of residence and that the process for applying for,
receiving and returning absentee ballots through the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens
Absentee Voting Act absentee ballot retrieval service portal applies only to statewide and
federal elections. The Secretary of State shall make easily accessible the contact
information for each municipality in the State.
Sec. 3. Report. Resolved: That, no later than December 3, 2025, the Secretary of
State shall submit a report based upon the study in section 1, including an update on the
information required under section 2, along with any recommended legislation, to the Joint
Standing Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs, which may report out legislation
related to the report to the Second Regular Session of the 132nd Legislature.
APPROVED
MAY 30, 2025
BY GOVERNOR
CHAPTER
43
RESOLVES