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Maine elections, 2013
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- Signature filing deadline: January 24, 2013 (ballot measures)
| On the 2013 ballot |
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Exceptions include special elections. Find current election news and links here. |
Voting absentee
- See also: Absentee Voting
Eligibility
All voters are eligible to vote absentee in Maine. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee.
Deadlines
To vote absentee, an absentee ballot application must be received by the election office no earlier than 3 months prior to the election up until election day. A returned absentee ballot must then be received by the elections office by 8pm on election day.
Military and overseas voting
For full details, visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program here.
Voting early
- See also: Early voting
Maine is one of 33 states that has early voting with no specific requirements as to who can vote early. Early voting begins as soon as ballots are made available and ends the day before election day.
Elections Performance Index
Maine ranked 14th out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in the Pew Charitable Trusts' Elections Performance Index (EPI), based on the 2010 elections. The EPI examines election administration performance assigning an average percentage score based on 17 indicators of election performance. The indicators were chosen within the framework of determining the convenience and integrity of each of the three administrative phases of an election: registration, voting and counting. Maine received an overall score of 69%.[1]
