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Maine Statutes § 904 Violations and penalties

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Statute Text

A person commits a Class E crime if that person: [ 2007, c. 455, §53 (RPR).]
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;
[ 2007, c. 455, §53 (RPR).]
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;
[ 2007, c. 455, §53 (RPR).]
3. False signature. Knowingly signs an initiative or referendum petition with a name other than the person's own name;
[ 2007, c. 455, §53 (RPR).]
4. Duplicate signature. Knowingly signs the person's name more than once on initiative or referendum petitions for the same measure;
[ 2019, c. 456, §3 (AMD).]
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
[ 2019, c. 456, §4 (AMD).]
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 .
[ 2019, c. 456, §5 (NEW).]

History

Amended by 2019 , c. 456 , § 5 , eff. 9/19/2019 .

Amended by 2019 , c. 456 , § 4 , eff. 9/19/2019 .

Amended by 2019 , c. 456 , § 3 , eff. 9/19/2019 .

1985, c. 161, § 6 (NEW) . 2007, c. 455, § 53 (RPR) .

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