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State poll opening and closing times
Early voting
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All-mail voting
Voter ID laws

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The policies governing voter participation are enacted and enforced primarily at the state level. These policies, which include voter identification requirements, early voting provisions, online voter registration systems, and more, dictate the weather condition under which American citizens cast their ballots in their corresponding states.

This commodity includes the following data nigh voting policies in Maine:

  • Voter registration details, including deadlines and eligibility requirements.
  • In-person voting details, including identification requirements, poll times, and early voting provisions.
  • Absentee/mail-in voting deadlines and rules.
  • Details about convicted felons' voting rights.
  • Contact information election agencies.
  • Summaries of noteworthy policy-related events.

See Election assistants in Maine for additional data nigh election administration in the country, including voter listing maintenance policies, provisional ballot rules, and post-election auditing practices.

Voter registration

The table below displays voter registration information specific to Maine's 2022 primary election.

Voter registration in Maine
Registration URL N/A
Registration status URL Link
Registration update URL N/A
In-person registration deadline June 14, 2022
Post registration deadline May 24, 2022
Mail postmark or receipt deadline Received
Online registration deadline North/A
Same-day registration Yep
Early voting same-solar day registration Yes

Eligibility and registration details

To register to vote in Maine, i must be "a United States citizen, at least 17 years of historic period, and have established a stock-still primary abode in Maine."[1]

Voters tin return completed registration cards in person or past mail service to their town office or urban center hall, or annals at their town or office hall, whatever motor vehicle co-operative office, at a voter registration drive, or at nearly state and federal social service agencies. There is no deadline for voter registration if completed in person. If registering by mail service, the deadline is 21 days prior to the ballot. If registering for the first time, the voter's driver's license number or Social Security number and a grade of identification begetting the voter's name and address must be included with the completed card.[1]

In-person voting

The tabular array beneath displays in-person voting information specific to Maine's 2022 principal election.

In-person voting in Maine
All voters required to show ID No
ID types

Hover or tap here to see valid forms of voter ID "ane. Government-issued photograph identification certificate or credential. A government-issued photograph identification document or credential, including, but not limited to, a electric current and valid United states passport, military identification, driver's license or state identification; 2. Other government-issued identification document. A government-issued identification document without a photograph, including, only not limited to, a certified birth certificate or a signed social security carte du jour; 3. Other official documents. An official certificate, including, but non limited to, a document confirming eligibility determinations for public benefits, a utility bill, a bank statement, a government cheque, a paycheck or other government certificate that shows the name and address of the voter; or 4. Verified unique identifier for new voters. A verified unique identifier for new voters, including the voter'due south Maine commuter's license number, Maine identification number or the last four digits of the voter's social security number that are successfully verified through the key voter registration system verification."

ID source URL Link
Early voting starting time date May sixteen, 2022
Early on voting cease date June 9, 2022
Weekend voting? Northward/A
Early voting source URL Northward/A
Election Twenty-four hours poll times half-dozen a.thou. to 8 p.grand.

Poll times

See also: Land poll opening and endmost times

In Maine, municipalities with a population of less than 500 open their polls between 6:00 a.grand. and 10:00 a.m., while municipalities with a population of 500 or more open up their polls between 6:00 a.thousand. and 8:00 a.m. All polls close at eight:00 p.g. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be immune to vote.[2]

Voter identification

See also: Voter identification laws past country

Maine does not crave voters to present identification while voting. If a voter registers to vote on election day, he or she must provide identification and proof of where he or she lives.[iii]

Early on voting

See also: Early voting

Maine permits early voting. Learn more than past visiting this website.

Absentee/post-in voting

See likewise: Absentee/mail service-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to Maine's 2022 primary election.

Absentee voting in Maine
Are there limits on who tin can request a ballot? Due north/A
Mail service request deadline June 9, 2022
Request postmark or receipt deadline Received
Mail return borderline June xiv, 2022
Return postmark or receipt deadline Received
Notary/witness requirements Due north/A

All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Maine. In that location are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.[4]

To vote absentee, an application must be received by election officials no earlier than 3 months prior to the election and no afterward than the third business mean solar day earlier the election. A returned absentee ballot must so be received by election officials by 8:00 p.m. on Election Mean solar day.[4]

Bedevilled felons' voting rights

Run into as well: Voting rights for bedevilled felons

In Maine, those convicted of a felony and serving an incarceration sentence retain their right to vote. These individuals may cast a vote while incarcerated for the municipality they resided in prior to their incarceration.

Voting rights for convicted felons vary from state to land. In the majority of states, convicted felons cannot vote while they are incarcerated merely may regain the right to vote upon release from prison or at some point thereafter.[5] [half-dozen] [vii]

Ballot agencies

Seal of the U.South. Election Assistance Commission

Run into too: Country ballot agencies

Individuals seeking boosted information about voting provisions in Maine can contact the post-obit state and federal agencies.

Maine Secretary of State

111 Sewall St., Augusta, Maine 04333-0101
Phone: 207-624-7736
Fax: 207-287-5428
Website: http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/index.html

U.Due south. Ballot Aid Committee

1335 Eastward W Highway, Suite 4300
Argent Bound, Maryland 20910
Telephone: 866-747-1471

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Run into also

  • Election administration in Maine

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External links

  • Official state election website

Footnotes

  1. 1.0 1.one Maine Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions, "State of Maine Voter Guide," accessed Oct 7, 2019
  2. Maine Revised Statutes, "Title 21-A, Chapter nine, Section 626," accessed October 17, 2019
  3. Maine Secretary of Country, "Your Right to Vote in Maine," accessed October 3, 2019
  4. four.0 iv.1 Maine.gov, "Absentee Voting Guide," December 19, 2013
  5. Department of the Secretary of State Bureau of Corporations, Elections, and Commissions State of Maine, "Maine Voting Residence Fact Sheet," accessed October 19, 2019
  6. National Conference of Land Legislatures, "Felon Voting Rights," accessed July 15, 2014
  7. American Civil Liberties Union, "State Criminal Re-enfranchisement Laws," accessed September 13, 2019