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TAXPAYERS ACTION NETWORK v. SEC. OF STATE

795 A.2d 75 (2002)

2002 ME 64

MAINE TAXPAYERS ACTION NETWORK v. SECRETARY OF STATE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: April 17, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen C. Whiting (orally), the Whiting Law Firm, P.A., Portland, for plaintiff.

G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General, Phyllis Gardner, Asst. Attorney General (orally), Augusta, for defendant.

Panel: SAUFLEY, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, CALKINS, and LEVY, JJ.

SAUFLEY, C.J.

[¶ 1] Maine Taxpayers Action Network challenges the Secretary of State's decision to invalidate over three thousand signatures gathered by an imposter who was paid by MTAN to circulate petitions in support of a ballot initiative. The imposter, who, unbeknownst to MTAN, had stolen the identity of another person who did not reside in Maine, has now absconded from Maine and cannot be found.

[¶ 2] MTAN asks us to hold that when a circulator...

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