The Senate killed a Republican bill on Tuesday that would have increased scrutiny on voting college students in Maine.

Five Republicans helped Democrats kill a bill from House Minority Leader Ken Fredette, R-Newport, that would have made cities and towns verify the residence of voters registered at a college dormitory.

Secretary of State Matthew Dunlap’s office had flagged the bill as unconstitutional for creating “a different set of requirements for different classes of voters.”

There has been a history of friction with college voters in Maine, including a 2011 investigation by former Secretary of State Charlie Summers into students that found none committed voter fraud.

Maine Senate Roll Call Vote

LD 155 fails, 22-12.

• Bellows of Kennebec, D, Nay
• Brakey of Androscoggin, R, Yea
• Breen of Cumberland, D, Nay
• Carpenter of Aroostook, D, Nay
• Carson of Cumberland, D, Nay
• Chenette of York, D, Nay
• Chipman of Cumberland, D, Nay
• Collins of York, R, Yea
• Cushing of Penobscot, R, Yea
• Cyrway of Kennebec, R, Yea
• Davis of Piscataquis, R, Yea
• Deschambault of York, D, Nay
• Diamond of Cumberland, D, Nay
• Dill of Penobscot, D, Nay
• Dion of Cumberland, D, Nay
• Dow of Lincoln, R, Nay
• Gratwick of Penobscot, D, Nay
• Hamper of Oxford, R, Yea
• Hill of York, D, Nay
• Jackson of Aroostook, D, Nay
• Katz of Kennebec, R, Nay
• Keim of Oxford, R, Nay
• Langley of Hancock, R, Nay
• Libby of Androscoggin, D, Nay
• Maker of Washington, R, Excused
• Mason of Androscoggin, R, Yea
• Millett of Cumberland, D, Nay
• Miramant of Knox, D, Nay
• Rosen of Hancock, R, Yea
• Saviello of Franklin, R, Yea
• Thibodeau of Waldo, R, Yea
• Vitelli of Sagadahoc, D, Nay
• Volk of Cumberland, R, Nay
• Whittemore of Somerset, R, Yea
• Woodsome of York, R, Yea

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