| Chapter 113 |
| 2017 -- S 0792 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 06/30/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES |
| Introduced By: Senator Erin P. Lynch Prata |
| Date Introduced: April 25, 2017 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 17-19-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct of |
| Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 17-19-4. Voting booths and optical scan precinct count units -- Number to be |
| furnished. |
| (a) For each voting district and for each town not divided into voting districts, an optical |
| scan at least one precinct count unit shall be prepared and delivered by the state board or its |
| designee. |
| (b) At each voting place, both in cities and in towns, at least one voting booth shall be |
| furnished for every one hundred seventy-five (175) qualified electors, whose names are upon the |
| voting list used at the voting place and entitled to use the machines, as certified to the state board |
| based on the voting list certified as a result of the final canvass. |
| (c) 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 upon passage. |
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