{"data":{"id":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-333","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"21-A M.R.S. §333","heading":"Qualification for county office","body":"A candidate for any county office must be a resident of and a voter in the electoral division the candidate seeks to represent on the date established for filing primary petitions in the year the candidate seeks election.  The elected official must maintain a voting residence in that electoral division during that elected official's term of office.","path":["TITLE 21-A: ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 5: NOMINATIONS","SUBCHAPTER 1: BY POLITICAL PARTIES","ARTICLE 4: NOMINATION BY PRIMARY ELECTION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-A/title21-Asec333.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:31Z","sha256":"df46d9da2b2ccaff6c9d6a663f2ac4490f32e716975d7e87001bddd3507bcdcc","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-332","next":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-334"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}