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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- MAIL BALLOTS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Furtado, Dawson, Kazarian, Messier, Fascia, Read, and | |
Date Introduced: February 13, 2025 | |
Referred To: House State Government & Elections | |
(Secretary of State) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-20-18 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-20 entitled "Mail |
2 | Ballots" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-20-18. Instructions on ballot. |
4 | The secretary of state may, if the secretary deems necessary, cause to be printed at the head |
5 | of the ballot brief instructions for voting and the use of the ballot. The mail Mail ballots shall, in |
6 | addition to the official endorsement provided by law, bear the words: “Mail voters”, except for |
7 | those ballots cast in conformance with § 17-20-2.2(g). |
8 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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1 | This act would exempt emergency mail ballots from the requirement to have certain |
2 | wording regarding "mail voters" on the ballot. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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