2023 -- H 5608
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S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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A N A C T
RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT,
AND SUPPLIES
Introduced By: Representatives Morales, and Caldwell
Date Introduced: February 15, 2023
Referred To: House State Government & Elections
(By Request)
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 17-19-49 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct of 1
Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
17-19-49. Political literature and influence. 3
No poster, paper, circular, or other document designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat 4
any candidate for public office or any political party on any question submitted to the voters shall 5
be distributed or displayed within the voting place or within fifty (50) one hundred (100) feet of 6
the entrance or entrances to the building in which voting is conducted at any primary or election. 7
Neither shall any election official display on his or her person within the voting place any political 8
party button, badge, or other device tending to aid, injure, or defeat the candidacy of any person for 9
public office or any question submitted to the voters or to intimidate or influence the voters. 10
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 11
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
OF
A N A C T
RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT ,
AND SUPPLIES
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This act would amend from fifty (50) feet to one hundred (100) feet the distance which 1
must be maintained by people at polling location entrances. 2
This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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