| Chapter 233 |
| 2025 -- H 5384 Enacted 06/24/2025 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES |
Introduced By: Representatives Boylan, Knight, Ajello, McGaw, Stewart, Tanzi, Shanley, Speakman, Furtado, and DeSimone |
| Date Introduced: February 07, 2025 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 17-19-36 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct of |
| Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 17-19-36. Tabulation of town returns — Certificate of election. |
| The local board shall meet on the day following the election and shall tabulate the town or |
| city election returns, as the case may be, and announce the results, but shall issue no certificates of |
| election until the time for petitions filed under this section has expired and, if a petition has been |
| filed, until the petition has been finally determined. Any candidate at the election challenging the |
| correctness of the declaration of result as applied to the candidate may, within seven (7) nine (9) |
| days after the election, petition the state board to conduct a recount of the votes cast according to |
| the provisions set forth in § 17-19-37.1. After the completion of the recount, and if it finds that the |
| candidate was elected, it shall direct the local board to issue to the candidate a certificate of election, |
| but if it finds that the candidate declared to be elected by the local board was in fact elected, it shall |
| direct the board to issue a certificate of election to the candidate previously declared elected. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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