Chapter 028
2012 -- H 7055 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 04/13/12
A N A C T
RELATING TO
ELECTIONS
Introduced
By: Representatives Carnevale,
Date Introduced: January 10, 2012
It is enacted by the
General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 17-11-1 of the General Laws in Chapter
17-11 entitled "Voting
Districts and
Officials" is hereby amended to read as follows:
17-11-1.
Division of towns and representative district into voting districts.
-- The
local board of any city or town may, on or before the
sixtieth (60th) day preceding any election,
divide or redivide the city or
town, or any representative district in the city or town, into voting
districts. The local board of each city or town shall
determine voting districts by geographical
boundaries and by no other means. No voting district shall at
any time comprise parts of two (2)
or more wards. It shall be the duty of the board to
divide the city or town, representative district,
or ward, so that substantially not more than nineteen
hundred (1900) three thousand (3,000) total
eligible registered
voters shall be served by the same polling place; provided, that subject to
the
approval of the state board, a local board may provide for
serving more than nineteen hundred
(1900) voters in the same polling place where the
effect to the contrary would be of however,
that
any divisions conducted by the local board pursuant to
this section shall not result in
creating a
polling place serving less than one hundred fifty (150)
five hundred (500) total eligible registered
voters, except when it is caused by legislative district
boundaries. Upon the establishment
and
approval of any polling place by the state board, changes to
the polling place shall not be allowed
until the next redistricting by the general assembly,
unless the polling place becomes unavailable
to the city or town, or no longer meets polling place
minimum requirements as established by the
state board, then the city or town may take the appropriate
action to replace the polling place.
A polling place may be
located either within or without the voting district for which it is
established; provided, that a polling place may be located
outside the district only upon
unanimous determination of the local board and subject to the
approval of the state board that a
suitable place is not available within the voting district. In
making the calculation required by this
section, voters whose names are on the inactive list of
voters shall not be included.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect on May 1, 2012 and
shall be applicable to the 2012
state and federal primary and general election.
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LC00154/SUB A/2
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