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Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 904 (2026)

Violations and penalties

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A person commits a Class E crime if that person:   [PL 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;  
[PL 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;  
[PL 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;  
[PL 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;  
[PL 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  
[PL 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.  
[PL 2019, c. 456, §5 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1985, c. 161, §6 (NEW). PL 2007, c. 455, §53 (RPR). PL 2019, c. 456, §§3-5 (AMD).
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1999–2021 · leading case: Maine Taxpayers Action Network v. Sec'y of State, 2002 ME 64 (Me. 2002).
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Maine Taxpayers Action Network v. Sec'y of State, 2002 ME 64 (Me. 2002). · cites it 2× “21-A M.R.S.A. § 904 (1993). [9] Section 904(3) provides that "[a] person who knowingly signs an initiative or referendum petition with any name other than his own," commits a Class E crime.”
On Our Terms '97 PAC v. Sec'y of State of Maine, 101 F. Supp. 2d 19 (D. Me. 1999). “Term Limits (“USTL”) to 21-A M.R.S.A. § 904- *20 A (“Statute”), which prohibits payment to circulators of initiative and referendum petitions for the collection of signatures if that payment is based on the number of signatures collected.”
We the People Pac v. Dunlap (D. Me. 2021). “21-A M.R.S. § 904(6). Maine statutes also require that petition sponsors provide a list of paid circulators and that circulators publicly identify themselves on each page of the petition.”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 21-A, § 904(6) — 1 case
We the People Pac v. Dunlap (D. Me. 2021). “21-A M.R.S. § 904(6). Maine statutes also require that petition sponsors provide a list of paid circulators and that circulators publicly identify themselves on each page of the petition.”
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