Maine 128th Legislature (2017-2018) Status: In Committee

LD 78 — An Act To Permit Unenrolled Voters To Cast Ballots In Primary Elections

Last action — Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed House
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 128th Legislature (2017-2018). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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Action History

  1. Placed in Legislative Files (DEAD)

  2. On motion by Senator MASON of Androscoggin the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report ACCEPTED. in concurrence

  3. Reports Read

  4. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  5. (Yeas 99 - Nays 42 - Absent 8 - Excused 2)

  6. ROLL CALL NO. 104

  7. On motion of Representative LUCHINI of Ellsworth, the Majority Ought Not to Pass Report was ACCEPTED.

  8. Reports READ.

  9. REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS in concurrence

  10. Sent for concurrence. ORDERED SENT FORTHWITH.

  11. The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on VETERANS AND LEGAL AFFAIRS.

  12. Committee on Veterans and Legal Affairs suggested and ordered printed.

Sponsors

  • ACKLEY · Primary
  • CASÁS · Cosponsor
  • KATZ · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 183 not signed on · 10 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • ACKLEY

Co-sponsors (2)

  • CASÁS
  • KATZ

Not signed on (183)

183 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

ACC MAJ OUGHT NOT TO PASS REP

Passed 99 Yea · 42 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 733209
Democrat 8800
Republican 18201
Total 9942010
% of votes cast 66%28%0%7%
How each member voted (151)
Member Party Vote
ACKLEY of Monmouth — Nay
ALLEY of Beals — Yea
AUSTIN of Skowhegan — Yea
AUSTIN of Gray — Yea
BABBIDGE of Kennebunk — Yea
BATES of Westbrook — Nay
BATTLE of South Portland — Yea
BERRY of Bowdoinham — Nay
BLUME of York — Nay
BROOKS of Lewiston — Not Voting
BRYANT of Windham — Nay
CARDONE of Bangor — Nay
CASÁS of Rockport — Nay
CEBRA of Naples — Yea
CHACE of Durham — Yea
COLLINGS of Portland — Nay
COREY of Windham — Yea
CRAIG of Brewer — Yea
DeCHANT of Bath — Nay
DENNO of Cumberland — Yea
DEVIN of Newcastle — Not Voting
DILLINGHAM of Oxford — Not Voting
DOORE of Augusta — Not Voting
DUCHESNE of Hudson — Yea
DUNPHY of Old Town — Yea
ESPLING of New Gloucester — Yea
FARNSWORTH of Portland — Nay
FARRIN of Norridgewock — Not Voting
FAY of Raymond — Nay
FREY of Bangor — Yea
FULLER of Lewiston — Yea
GERRISH of Lebanon — Yea
GIDEON of Freeport — Yea
GILLWAY of Searsport — Yea
GINZLER of Bridgton — Yea
GOLDEN of Lewiston — Yea
GRANT of Gardiner — Yea
GRIGNON of Athens — Yea
GROHMAN of Biddeford — Nay
HAGGAN of Hampden — Yea
HAMANN of South Portland — Nay
HANDY of Lewiston — Yea
HANINGTON of Lincoln — Yea
HANLEY of Pittston — Yea
HARLOW of Portland — Nay
HARVELL of Farmington — Yea
HAWKE of Boothbay Harbor — Not Voting
HEAD of Bethel — Yea
HERBIG of Belfast — Nay
HERRICK of Paris — Not Voting
HIGGINS of Dover-Foxcroft — Yea
HILLIARD of Belgrade — Yea
HOGAN of Old Orchard Beach — Yea
HUBBELL of Bar Harbor — Yea
HYMANSON of York — Nay
JOHANSEN of Monticello — Yea
JORGENSEN of Portland — Nay
KINNEY of Limington — Yea
KINNEY of Knox — Yea
KORNFIELD of Bangor — Yea
KUMIEGA of Deer Isle — Nay
LOCKMAN of Amherst — Yea
LONGSTAFF of Waterville — Yea
LUCHINI of Ellsworth — Yea
LYFORD of Eddington — Yea
MADIGAN of Waterville — Yea
MADIGAN of Rumford — Yea
MALABY of Hancock — Not Voting
MAREAN of Hollis — Yea
McCREA of Fort Fairfield — Nay
McCREIGHT of Harpswell — Nay
McELWEE of Caribou — Yea
McLEAN of Gorham — Nay
MELARAGNO of Auburn — Nay
MONAGHAN of Cape Elizabeth — Nay
NADEAU of Winslow — Yea
O'CONNOR of Berwick — Yea
O'NEIL of Saco — Yea
ORDWAY of Standish — Yea
PARKER of South Berwick — Yea
PERRY of Calais — Yea
PICCHIOTTI of Fairfield — Yea
PICKETT of Dixfield — Yea
POULIOT of Augusta — Nay
PRESCOTT of Waterboro — Yea
RECKITT of South Portland — Nay
REED of Carmel — Yea
RILEY of Jay — Yea
RYKERSON of Kittery — Nay
SAMPSON of Alfred — Yea
SANBORN of Portland — Nay
SANDERSON of Chelsea — Not Voting
SCHNECK of Bangor — Yea
SEAVEY of Kennebunkport — Yea
SHEATS of Auburn — Nay
SHERMAN of Hodgdon — Yea
SIROCKI of Scarborough — Yea
SKOLFIELD of Weld — Yea
SPEAR of South Thomaston — Nay
STANLEY of Medway — Yea
STEARNS of Guilford — Yea
STETKIS of Canaan — Yea
STROM of Pittsfield — Yea
SUTTON of Warren — Yea
SYLVESTER of Portland — Nay
TUCKER of Brunswick — Yea
TURNER of Burlington — Yea
VACHON of Scarborough — Yea
WALLACE of Dexter — Yea
WARD of Dedham — Yea
WHITE of Washburn — Yea
WINSOR of Norway — Yea
WOOD of Greene — Nay
ZEIGLER of Montville — Nay
Anne-Marie Mastraccio Democrat Yea
Craig V. Hickman Democrat Nay
Denise Tepler Democrat Nay
Donna Bailey Democrat Nay
Drew Gattine Democrat Yea
Mark W. Lawrence Democrat Yea
Matt Moonen Democrat Yea
Matthea E.L. Daughtry Democrat Nay
Michael Tipping Democrat Nay
Parnell Terry Democrat Yea
Pinny H. Beebe-Center Democrat Nay
Rachel Talbot Ross Democrat Nay
Ryan Fecteau Democrat Yea
Sophia Warren Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Yea
Teresa S. Pierce Democrat Nay
Abden Simmons Republican Yea
Bruce Bickford Republican Yea
Chad Perkins Republican Yea
Harold "Trey" L. Stewart, III Republican Yea
Jeffrey L. Timberlake Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Joseph E. Martin Republican Yea
Kenneth Fredette Republican Not Voting
Mark Cooper Republican Nay
Matthew A. Harrington Republican Yea
Nancy Theriault Republican Yea
Nathan Wadsworth Republican Yea
Quentin Chapman Republican Nay
Richard Campbell Republican Yea
Richard Mason Republican Yea
Richard T. Bradstreet Republican Yea
Robert Foley Republican Yea
Russell J. Black Republican Yea
Stacey K. Guerin Republican Yea
Wayne Parry Republican Yea
William Tuell Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors LD 78?
LD 78 is sponsored by ACKLEY, CASÁS, and KATZ.
What is the current status of LD 78?
This bill died with 128th Legislature (2017-2018). It reached “In Committee” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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