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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 -- FEDERAL ELECTIVE OFFICERS | |
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Introduced By: Senator Dawn M. Euer | |
Date Introduced: May 07, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
(Secretary of State) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-4-11 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-4 entitled "Federal |
2 | Elective Officers" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-4-11. Meeting of electors — Vacancies. |
4 | Presidential electors elected pursuant to this chapter shall meet in the state house in the city |
5 | of Providence on the first MondayTuesday after the second Wednesday in December after their |
6 | election, at the hour of 12 o’clock noon of that day, and if there is any vacancy in the office of |
7 | electors, occasioned by death, refusal to act, neglect to attend, or other cause, the electors present |
8 | shall immediately proceed to fill, by roll call and by a plurality of votes, the vacancy in the electoral |
9 | college; and when the electors appear, or the vacancy is filled as provided in this section, they shall |
10 | proceed to perform the duties required of electors by the Constitution and laws of the United States. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- FEDERAL ELECTIVE OFFICERS | |
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1 | This act would change the meeting of presidential electors from the first Monday after the |
2 | second Wednesday in December after their election to the first Tuesday. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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