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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A

PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- REMOVING PROVISIONS

PROVIDING FOR ELECTION BY PLURALITY

     

     Introduced By: Senators Zurier, F. Lombardi, Cano, and Acosta

     Date Introduced: February 12, 2024

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

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     RESOLVED, That a majority of all members elected to each house of the general

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assembly voting therefor, the following amendment to the Constitution of the state be proposed to

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the qualified electors of the state in accordance with the provisions of Article XIV of the

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Constitution, for their approval, and it take the place of Article IV, Section 2, by deleting all of

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Section 2 in Article IV, which is hereby amended, to read as follows:

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     Section 2. Election by plurality.

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     In all elections held by the people for state, city, town, ward or district officers, the

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person or candidate receiving the largest number of votes cast shall be declared elected.

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     RESOLVED, That this amendment shall take, in the Constitution of the state, the place of

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Article IV, Section 2; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That said proposition of amendment shall be submitted to the electors for

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their approval or rejection at the next statewide general election. The voting places in the several

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cities and towns shall be kept open during the hours required by law for voting therein for general

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officers or members of the general assembly of the state; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause the said proposition of amendment to

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be published as a part of this resolution in the newspapers of the state prior to the date of the said

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meetings of the said electors; and the said proposition shall be inserted in the warrants or notices

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to be issued previous to said meetings of the electors for the purpose of warning the town, ward,

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or district meetings, and said proposition shall be read by the town, ward, or district meetings to

 

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be held as aforesaid; and be it further

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     RESOLVED, That the town, ward, and district meetings to be held aforesaid shall be

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warned, and the list of voters shall be canvassed and made up, and the said town, ward, and

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district meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as now provided by law for the town,

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ward, and district meetings for the election of general officers of the state.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

JOINT RESOLUTION TO APPROVE AND PUBLISH AND SUBMIT TO THE ELECTORS A

PROPOSITION OF AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION -- REMOVING PROVISIONS

PROVIDING FOR ELECTION BY PLURALITY

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     This Joint Resolution would propose to the voters of the state a constitutional amendment

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which would remove from the Constitution the provision of Article IV, Section 2, that provide for

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election by plurality.

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