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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- THE INFORMED VOTER ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Nardone, Quattrocchi, and Chippendale | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2024 | |
Referred To: House State Government & Elections | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 17 of the General Laws entitled "ELECTIONS" is hereby amended by |
2 | adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 30 |
4 | THE INFORMED VOTER ACT |
5 | 17-30-1. Establishment and posting of notice. |
6 | Any group, entity, organization, whether private or nonprofit, or any nursing home, elder |
7 | care facility, elderly housing facility, disabled housing facility or any other housing or facility |
8 | serving the elderly or disabled, that receives any state or federal funding of any nature, must |
9 | establish two (2) policies and prominently display them at or near the entrance or other conspicuous |
10 | place; to wit: |
11 | (1) We do not allow solicitation of our residents or clients by political candidates, their |
12 | agents, parties, operatives or surrogates during any time of the day or year; and |
13 | (2) We allow any candidate, their agents, parties, operatives or surrogates to visit our |
14 | residents or clients; however, the time and purpose of the candidate's, agents', operatives' or |
15 | surrogates' appearance will be recorded and maintained in a book or log publicly displayed with |
16 | the receptionist or other public-facing staff member of this entity. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- THE INFORMED VOTER ACT | |
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1 | This act would require that any group, or other entity such as a nursing home, elder care |
2 | facility that receives any governmental funding, conspicuously post a notice that political |
3 | candidates or their agents are not permitted to solicit their residents or clients and that political |
4 | candidates or their agents are allowed to visit, however, the time and date of their visits would be |
5 | maintained in a book by the facility. |
6 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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