§901-A. Petition requirements for direct initiatives of legislation The following provisions apply to direct initiatives of legislation under the Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 18. [PL 2005, c. 356, §1 (NEW).] 1. Opportunity to read direct initiative summary. A person circulating a petition must provide the voter the opportunity to read […]
§901. Petitions To initiate proceedings for a people’s veto referendum or the direct initiative of legislation, provided in the Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Sections 17 and 18, a voter shall submit a written application to the Department of the Secretary of State on a form designed by the Secretary of State. The […]
§902-A. Copies of petitions required If the registrar or clerk suspects that a petition was submitted in violation of any provision of this chapter, the registrar or clerk shall immediately notify the Secretary of State and provide a copy of the petition to the Secretary of State. [PL 2009, c. 611, §3 (NEW).] SECTION […]
§902. Verification and certification The verification and certification of the petition as required by the Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 20 must be worded so that a single verification or certification may cover one or more pages fastened together as a single petition. [PL 2017, c. 277, §4 (AMD).] The petitions […]
§903-A. Circulation Petitions issued under this chapter may be circulated by any Maine resident who is a registered voter acting as a circulator of a petition. A circulator of a petition solicits signatures for the petition by presenting the petition to the voter, asking the voter to sign the petition and personally witnessing the voter […]
§903-C. Direct initiative and people’s veto petition organization required to be registered A petition organization shall register with the Secretary of State in accordance with this section. For the purposes of this section, “petition organization” means a business entity that receives compensation for organizing, supervising or managing the circulation of petitions for a direct initiative […]
§903-D. Notaries public (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 2017, c. 277, §5 (NEW). PL 2017, c. 418, §2 (RP).
§903-E. Persons not authorized to administer an oath or affirmation to a petition circulator 1. Certain notaries public and others. A notary public or other person authorized by law to administer oaths or affirmations generally is not authorized to administer an oath or affirmation to the circulator of a petition under section 902 if the […]
§903. Instructions to be printed on The Secretary of State shall prepare instructions to inform the clerk and the signer or circulator of a petition of the statutory and constitutional requirements. The instructions must specify the conditions that have been held to invalidate either individual signatures or complete petitions. The instructions must be printed on […]
§904-A. Payment per signature; prohibition (REPEALED) SECTION HISTORY PL 1993, c. 599, §1 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 61, §1 (AMD). PL 2001, c. 516, §19 (RP).
§904-B. Payment for signature; prohibition A circulator of an initiative or a referendum petition or a person who causes the circulation of an initiative or referendum petition may not pay or offer to pay any compensation to a person for the person’s signature on the initiative or referendum petition. [PL 1993, c. 599, §2 […]
§904. Violations and penalties A person commits a Class E crime if that person: [PL 2007, c. 455, §53 (RPR).] 1. False swearing; signature. Circulates an initiative or referendum petition and swears that a signature is that of a person whose name it purports to be when the circulator knows that the signature is […]
§905-A. Public comment on initiative questions No later than 15 business days after the Secretary of State issues a written decision under section 905, subsection 1 finding a petition for a direct initiative to be valid, the Secretary of State shall give public notice of a proposed ballot question for that initiative by posting the […]
§905. Review of initiative and referendum petitions 1. Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall review all petitions filed in the Department of the Secretary of State for a people’s veto referendum under the Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 17, or for a direct initiative under the Constitution of Maine, Article […]
§906. Form of ballot The Secretary of State shall prepare the ballots for referendum questions according to the following provisions, subject to the authority contained in section 604-A. [PL 1987, c. 188, §16 (AMD).] 1. Referendum questions on separate ballot. [PL 1997, c. 581, §6 (RP).] 1-A. Referendum questions on same ballot. Referendum questions […]
§907. Public hearing on direct initiatives A petition for direct initiative of legislation under the Constitution of Maine, Article IV, Part Third, Section 18 that is determined valid by the Secretary of State pursuant to section 905, subsection 1 and is submitted to the Legislature in accordance with the procedure established in the Constitution of […]
