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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: Senators Raptakis, Tikoian, Burke, McKenney, F. Lombardi, Sosnowski, | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
(Secretary of State) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-9.1-23 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-9.1 entitled |
2 | "Registration of Voters" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-9.1-23. Party designation. |
4 | (a) Whenever any person registers to vote, that person may designate his or her party |
5 | affiliation, or that person may designate that he or she is not affiliated with any political party. The |
6 | information shall be recorded on a form prescribed by the state board of elections. |
7 | (b) Any person who is already registered to vote and wishes to designate his or her party |
8 | affiliation may do so by submitting to that person’s local board of canvassers a form provided by |
9 | the state board designating his or her party affiliation and certifying to the fact on the form furnished |
10 | for that purpose. |
11 | (c) Whenever any person participates in a party primary, that act shall serve as identifying |
12 | the person as being affiliated with the party in whose primary that person has participated and the |
13 | local board shall record the affiliation on the appropriate form. For the purposes of this section, |
14 | “participating in a party primary” does not include the circulation or signing of nomination papers. |
15 | 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 -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS | |
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1 | This act would allow non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without |
2 | becoming an affiliated party voter. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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