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132nd MAINE LEGISLATURE
FIRST SPECIAL SESSION-2025
Legislative Document No. 1381H.P. 903 House of Representatives, April 1, 2025
An Act to Authorize the Secretary of State to Designate Law
Enforcement Officers Employed by the Department of the Secretary
of State to Investigate Alleged Violations of Election Laws
Reference to the Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.
ROBERT B. HUNT
Clerk
Presented by Representative SUPICA of Bangor. Page 1 - 132LR1628(01)
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2 as enacted by PL 1993, c. 473, §2 and affected by §46, is
3 amended to read:
4 Investigation and prosecution of violations
5 The Secretary of State shall designate sworn law enforcement officers employed by the
6 Department of the Secretary of State to investigate alleged violations of the election laws.
7 The Attorney General shall designate a Deputy Attorney General or an Assistant Attorney
8 General to investigate assist in the investigation of and to prosecute alleged violations of
9 the election laws. This section does not preclude a district attorney from investigating and
10 prosecuting election law violations.
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12 This bill requires the Secretary of State to designate sworn law enforcement officers
13 employed by the Department of the Secretary of State to investigate alleged violations of
14 the election laws. It also changes the current law to require the Attorney General to
15 designate a Deputy Attorney General or an Assistant Attorney General to assist in the
16 investigation.
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