Maine

Search by jurisdiction: municipality
Soft matching: yes
Signing dates: no sandwiching, year is not required
Transcribing: not allowed

Circulator Declarations

For Maine, the shorthand is the

1. first letter of the first name
2. first letter of last name

Check the boxes if:

• the circulator signed
• the notary signed
• the notary either stamped their official seal, or in lieu of a stamp, printed their name and expiry

And of course, enter the date of signing as written, even if written wrong.

Signatures

On the Groundgame 2026 job, the municipality to search by is written at the top of each page. If the page is blank, you can select any municipality you want to get past the prompt, since you won't be tagging.

On most jobs, it doesn't matter if the voter put info in the wrong spots and same is true here except for legal signature. That must be in the signature column, or you need to add the -s deficiency code. A printed signature is okay, but if there is a printed name in the signature column and a cursive signature in the printed name column, it's -s. If there is a printed signature in the signature column and no name in the printed name column, it is considered okay and is not -s.

Address not required. It is only possible to soft match if address is missing.

Printed name is not required if signature is clearly legible.