{"data":{"id":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-504","jurisdiction":"us-me","citation":"21-A M.R.S. §504","heading":"Persons ineligible to serve","body":"The following may not serve as election officials:\n1.  Certain employees.  An employee of a party or candidate;\n2.  Direct pecuniary interest.  A person having a direct pecuniary interest in the result of a referendum question; or\n3.  Candidate and certain relatives.  A candidate or member of the candidate's immediate family, in the electoral division from which the candidate seeks election.\nA.  This subsection does not apply to a candidate for warden or ward clerk or the immediate family of the candidate for warden or ward clerk.\nB.  This subsection does not apply to municipalities with a population of less than 500.","path":["TITLE 21-A: ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 7: ELECTION OFFICIALS"],"source_url":"https://legislature.maine.gov/statutes/21-A/title21-Asec504.html","current_through":"October 1, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T15:12:31Z","sha256":"2c10952e272d8d1007d0535d6febbfa24743c1ab7bc912fecd444bdcd4b8adc6","source_id":"us-me","stale":false,"prev":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-503-a","next":"us-me/21-a-m.r.s.-505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}