Code of Maine Rules
29 - DEPARTMENT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE
250 - BUREAU OF MOTOR VEHICLES
Bureau of Corporations, Elections and Commissions
Chapter 520 - RULES REGARDING PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS ON STATEWIDE REFERENDA
Section 250-520-3 - Secretary of State to review public comments for errors in identification of measure number or designation of support or opposition to measure; corrections allowed

1. Not later than three (3) business days following the deadline for filing public comments, the Secretary of State shall review each submission to determine whether the person filing the public comments made an error in:

2. If the Secretary of State determines that the person filing the public comments may have made an error described in subsection 1 of this section, the Secretary of State shall attempt to contact the person not later than the fifth business day following the deadline for filing public comments. A person contacted by the Secretary of State under this subsection may file a correction to the identification of the measure number or the designation of the public comments not later than the seventh business day following the deadline for filing the public comments.

3. If a person files a correction to public comments under subsection 2 of this section, the comments shall be printed in the Citizen's Guide as corrected under subsection 2 of this section. If the Secretary of State is unable to contact a person under subsection 2 of this section or the Secretary of State contacts the person and the person does not file a correction to the public comments, the public comments shall be printed in the Citizen's Guide as originally filed, but with a disclosure stating that Secretary of State notified the person filing the public comments of a possible error.