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| 7 | 7 | LC000484 | |
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| 9 | 9 | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND | |
| 10 | 10 | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
| 11 | 11 | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
| 12 | 12 | ____________ | |
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| 14 | 14 | A N A C T | |
| 15 | 15 | RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTION DATES | |
| 16 | 16 | Introduced By: Representatives Place, Rea, and Nardone | |
| 17 | 17 | Date Introduced: February 01, 2023 | |
| 18 | 18 | Referred To: House State Government & Elections | |
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| 21 | 21 | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 1. Section 17-15-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-15 entitled "Primary 1 | |
| 23 | 23 | Elections" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 | |
| 24 | 24 | 17-15-1. Date of primaries. 3 | |
| 25 | 25 | A primary election for the nomination of candidates for each political party shall be held 4 | |
| 26 | 26 | in each voting district in the manner provided in this chapter on the eighth Tuesday preceding 5 | |
| 27 | 27 | biennial state elections. Provided, however, that if the eighth Tuesday is the day after Labor Day, 6 | |
| 28 | 28 | then the primary election shall be held on the very next day, the Wednesday. 7 | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 8 | |
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| 36 | 36 | EXPLANATION | |
| 37 | 37 | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
| 38 | 38 | OF | |
| 39 | 39 | A N A C T | |
| 40 | 40 | RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTION DAT ES | |
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| 42 | 42 | This act would require that the primary election date, typically the eighth Tuesday 1 | |
| 43 | 43 | preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday immediately following Labor 2 | |
| 44 | 44 | Day, only if the eighth Tuesday immediately follows Labor Day. 3 | |
| 45 | 45 | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 | |
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