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Maine · Through October 1, 2025

21-A M.R.S. §904: Violations and penalties

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  1. TITLE 21-A: ELECTIONS
  2. CHAPTER 11: BALLOT QUESTIONS

A person commits a Class E crime if that person:

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 not that of the person;

2. False acknowledgement of oath. Is authorized by law to administer oaths and willfully and falsely acknowledges the oath of a circulator of an initiative or referendum petition when that oath was not made in the presence of that person;

3. False signature. Knowingly signs an initiative or referendum petition with a name other than the person's own name;

4. Duplicate signature. Knowingly signs the person's name more than once on initiative or referendum petitions for the same measure;

5. False swearing; signature made in circulator's presence. Circulates an initiative or referendum petition and willfully swears that a signature to the petition was made in the circulator's presence when it was not; or

6. Failure to truthfully execute and file circulator affidavit. Knowingly fails to truthfully execute and timely file a circulator affidavit under section 903‑A, subsection 4.

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