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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2012

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A N A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTION

     Introduced By: Representative Scott Slater

     Date Introduced: March 06, 2012

     Referred To: House Judiciary

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 17-15-14 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-15 entitled "Primary

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Elections" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     17-15-14. Qualifications of primary officials -- Affidavit. -- (a) Each warden or

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moderator and each primary supervisor appointed under the provisions of sections 17-15-13 and

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17-15-16 shall be able to read the Constitution of the state in the English language, and to write

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his or her name, and shall, whenever possible, be a voter of the senatorial district, representative

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district, or town, ward, or voting district from which he or she is appointed.

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      (b) No person shall be appointed to serve as a primary official who has been convicted,

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found guilty, pleaded guilty or nolo contendere, or placed on a deferred or suspended sentence or

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on probation for any crime which involved moral turpitude or a violation of any of the election,

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caucus, or primary laws of this or any other state.

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      (c) No person shall be appointed to serve as a primary official who is an officer or

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employee of the United States, of this state, or of any city or town of this state, but no person

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shall be disqualified solely because that person is a notary public or a teacher.

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      (d)(c) No person who is seeking nomination or election at any primary election shall act

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as a primary official at that primary.

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      (e)(d) Every primary official shall make an affidavit before the proper local board or

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some member of the board to the effect that that official is not disqualified by reason of the

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provisions of this section.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTION

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     This act would allow federal, state and municipal employees to serve as appointed

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primary election officials.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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