2024 -- H 7848 | |
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LC005313 | |
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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 -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Place, and Newberry | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2024 | |
Referred To: House State Government & Elections | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-9.1-4.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-9.1 entitled |
2 | "Registration of Voters" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-9.1-4.1. Registration drives at high schools. |
4 | It shall may be the duty of local boards to annually conduct a voter registration drive at |
5 | each high school within the city or town in cooperation with the administration of the schools. Each |
6 | principal of every public or private high school and director of each vocational school in this state |
7 | may be a registration agent whose authority shall be limited to receiving and accepting registrations |
8 | as electors from those qualified applicants who are enrolled as students within the school or are |
9 | employed within the school. The principal or director may designate one or more persons in the |
10 | school to serve as registration agents with the same authority as the principal of the school, provided |
11 | each designation is filed with the local board for the city or town in which the school is located. |
12 | Each person who is a registration agent pursuant to this section shall be sworn to the faithful |
13 | performance of his or her duties and shall be subject to removal as a registration agent by the local |
14 | board for cause shown. All registration made under this section shall be made in accordance with |
15 | rules and regulations established by the local board of the city or town in which the school is |
16 | located. |
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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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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS | |
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1 | This act would amend the current law so that it would no longer mandate, but rather simply |
2 | allow local boards to annually conduct a voter registration drive at each high school within the city |
3 | or town. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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