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AUGUSTA, Maine -- (Business Wire)
The Online Absentee Ballot Request Service is available for the Nov. 8,
2016 General Election, Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap reminded voters
today.
Any registered Maine voter may choose to vote absentee, either via mail
or in person at their town hall prior to Election Day. Voters do not
need to provide a reason to vote absentee.
Voters can request an absentee ballot by completing and submitting their
request form online at http://www.maine.gov/cgi-bin/online/AbsenteeBallot/index.pl .
The form can also be printed out and mailed or hand-delivered to their
municipal clerk. The online service was created in partnership with the
Secretary of State's Office and InforME.
The November 2016 ballot will include five citizens' initiative
questions and one bond issue, in addition to candidates for the offices
of U.S. President/Vice President, Maine's Representatives to Congress,
members of the Maine Legislature and certain county positions. The full
proposed legislation of the referendum questions, which are listed
below, is available on the Elections Division website athttp://maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/upcoming/index.html.
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Question 1: An Act to Legalize Marijuana
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Question 2: An Act To Establish The Fund to Advance Public
Kindergarten to Grade 12 Education
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Question 3: An Act To Require Background Checks for Gun Sales
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Question 4: An Act To Raise the Minimum Wage
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Question 5: An Act To Establish Ranked-choice Voting
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Question 6: An Act To Authorize a General Fund Bond Issue to Improve
Highways, Bridges and Multimodal Facilities
Voters must submit absentee ballot requests at least three days prior to
the Nov. 8 General Election. Ballots will be made available to civilian
voters beginning 30 days before the election. (Ballots for uniformed
service and overseas voters will be available at least 45 days before
the election.) The online service provides an email notification with a
confirmation number. When the request is processed and accepted by the
municipal clerk, the voter will be sent an additional notification and
the ballot will arrive by mail. All Maine municipalities are required to
accept electronic requests for absentee ballots.
If you have questions about the absentee voting process, visit http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/voter-info/index.html or
call the Division of Elections at 624-7650.
About Maine.gov
Maine.gov (http://www.Maine.gov)
is the official Web portal of the State of Maine. Maine.gov is a service
of InforME, a collaborative effort between the state of Maine and Maine
Information Network, LLC, part of the NIC (EGOV) family of companies.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of
innovative digital government solutions and secure payment processing,
which help make government more accessible to everyone through
technology. The family of NIC companies provides digital government
solutions for more than 4,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the
United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the “100 Best Small
Companies in America” six times and the company has been included four
times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.
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Contacts:
InforME/Maine.gov
Dan Andrews, 207-621-2600
General Manager
Dandrews@informe.org
Source: Maine.gov
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