| Chapter 324 |
| 2024 -- H 8304 Enacted 06/25/2024 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- FEDERAL ELECTIVE OFFICERS |
Introduced By: Representatives Shanley, Craven, and Caldwell |
| Date Introduced: May 23, 2024 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 17-4-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-4 entitled "Federal |
| Elective Officers" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 17-4-11. Meeting of electors — Vacancies. |
| Presidential electors elected pursuant to this chapter shall meet in the state house in the city |
| of Providence on the first MondayTuesday after the second Wednesday in December after their |
| election, at the hour of 12 o’clock noon of that day, and if there is any vacancy in the office of |
| electors, occasioned by death, refusal to act, neglect to attend, or other cause, the electors present |
| shall immediately proceed to fill, by roll call and by a plurality of votes, the vacancy in the electoral |
| college; and when the electors appear, or the vacancy is filled as provided in this section, they shall |
| proceed to perform the duties required of electors by the Constitution and laws of the United States. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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