Maine Makes it Illegal for an Out-of-Stater to Ask Voters if they Wish to Sign an Initiative or Referendum Petition

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By Richard Winger On May 24, Maine LD 176 became law. The legislature had passed it on May 5 and Governor Paul LePage let it become law without signing it, but also not vetoing it. Here is the text of the law. Maine already didn’t permit out-of-staters do witness signatures being made on the petition, but now they can’t even ask voters to sign it. There is a very high probability this law is unconstitutional. Thanks to Thomas MacMillan for the news. …read more

Source:: http://ballot-access.org/2015/06/09/maine-makes-it-illegal-for-an-out-of-stater-to-ask-voters-if-they-wish-to-sign-an-initiative-or-referendum-petition/