APPROVED CHAPTER
APRIL 7, 2022 564
BY GOVERNOR PUBLIC LAW
STATE OF MAINE
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IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO
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H.P. 627 - L.D. 859
An Act To Give Municipalities More Options in Municipal Elections
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 30-A MRSA §2528, sub-§10, as amended by PL 1997, c. 733, §1, is further
amended to read:
10. Election by plurality vote; tie vote. Unless otherwise provided for at a municipal
meeting held at least 180 days before the election, the provisions of this subsection apply.
Election must be by plurality vote. In the case of a tie vote, the meeting must be adjourned
to a day certain, when ballots are again cast for the candidates tied for the office in question,
unless all but one tied candidate withdraw from a subsequent election by delivering written
notice of withdrawal signed by the candidate and notarized to the municipal offices within
the 7-day period following the election. After the 7-day period has expired, the municipal
officers shall call a run-off election between the remaining candidates by posting a warrant
in the manner required for calling a town meeting. If only one candidate remains, that
candidate is declared the winner and sworn into office.
If the meeting is adjourned sine die before a tie vote is resolved or the tie vote is discovered
after the meeting adjourns sine die and more than one candidate remains, a new meeting
must be called to conduct a run-off election by the method described in this subsection.
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Statutes affected:
Bill Text ACTPUB , Chapter 564: 30-A.2528