Bill would allow online voter registration in Maine by 2023
Presently, Maine voters can request an application to register online but can't fully register electronically, unlike in 38 other states.
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Maine would join 38 other states in allowing voters to register online if a bill before a key committee of the state Legislature is passed into law this year.
The measure, offered by Rep. Teresa Pierce, D-Falmouth, would require Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows to establish a system that allows online voter registration by January 2023. A public hearing on the bill is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday before the Legislature’s Veterans and Legal Affairs Committee, which has jurisdiction over voting laws in Maine.