An Act To Improve Access To Absentee Ballots For Municipal Elections For Uniformed Service Voters And Overseas Voters

LD 1148 improves absentee ballot access for Maine voters serving in the military or living overseas during municipal elections. It extends the validity of absentee ballot requests for these voters to 18 months, covering all federal, state, and municipal elections held on the same day as statewide elections. The bill requires municipalities to send local ballot copies to the Secretary of State, who then centrally processes and delivers these ballots to eligible voters. This system ensures uniformed and overseas voters can receive and return municipal election ballots electronically and in a timely manner.