An Act To Improve Voter Confidence In Electronic Ballot Counting By Requiring Ballots To Contain Unique Identifiers

LD 313 requires all paper ballots used in Maine state elections (excluding sample ballots) to include a unique identifier. Voting devices must record this identifier alongside each vote cast, while preventing any connection between the identifier and the voter's identity. Municipal clerks must then publicly post a list of votes organized by unique identifier on their website after each election. This applies only to electronically counted ballots and does not affect paper ballots processed through other methods.