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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTION DATES | |
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Introduced By: Senators de la Cruz, and Raptakis | |
Date Introduced: February 25, 2021 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-15-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-15 entitled "Primary |
2 | Elections" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-15-1. Date of primaries. [Effective January 1, 2020.] |
4 | A primary election for the nomination of candidates for each political party shall be held |
5 | in each voting district in the manner provided in this chapter on the eighth Tuesday preceding |
6 | biennial state elections. Provided, however, that if the eighth Tuesday is the day after Labor Day, |
7 | then the primary election shall be held on the very next day, the Wednesday. |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTION DATES | |
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1 | This act would require that the primary election date, typically the eighth Tuesday |
2 | preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday immediately following Labor |
3 | Day, only if the eighth Tuesday immediately follows Labor Day. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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