| 1 | 1 | | |
|---|
| 2 | 2 | | |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5608 |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | ======== |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | LC000114 |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | ======== |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | AND SUPPLIES |
|---|
| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Morales, and Caldwell |
|---|
| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 15, 2023 |
|---|
| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House State Government & Elections |
|---|
| 20 | 20 | | (By Request) |
|---|
| 21 | 21 | | |
|---|
| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
|---|
| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 17-19-49 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct of 1 |
|---|
| 24 | 24 | | Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
|---|
| 25 | 25 | | 17-19-49. Political literature and influence. 3 |
|---|
| 26 | 26 | | No poster, paper, circular, or other document designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat 4 |
|---|
| 27 | 27 | | any candidate for public office or any political party on any question submitted to the voters shall 5 |
|---|
| 28 | 28 | | be distributed or displayed within the voting place or within fifty (50) one hundred (100) feet of 6 |
|---|
| 29 | 29 | | the entrance or entrances to the building in which voting is conducted at any primary or election. 7 |
|---|
| 30 | 30 | | Neither shall any election official display on his or her person within the voting place any political 8 |
|---|
| 31 | 31 | | party button, badge, or other device tending to aid, injure, or defeat the candidacy of any person for 9 |
|---|
| 32 | 32 | | public office or any question submitted to the voters or to intimidate or influence the voters. 10 |
|---|
| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 11 |
|---|
| 34 | 34 | | ======== |
|---|
| 35 | 35 | | LC000114 |
|---|
| 36 | 36 | | ======== |
|---|
| 37 | 37 | | |
|---|
| 38 | 38 | | |
|---|
| 39 | 39 | | LC000114 - Page 2 of 2 |
|---|
| 40 | 40 | | EXPLANATION |
|---|
| 41 | 41 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
|---|
| 42 | 42 | | OF |
|---|
| 43 | 43 | | A N A C T |
|---|
| 44 | 44 | | RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT , |
|---|
| 45 | 45 | | AND SUPPLIES |
|---|
| 46 | 46 | | *** |
|---|
| 47 | 47 | | This act would amend from fifty (50) feet to one hundred (100) feet the distance which 1 |
|---|
| 48 | 48 | | must be maintained by people at polling location entrances. 2 |
|---|
| 49 | 49 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
|---|
| 50 | 50 | | ======== |
|---|
| 51 | 51 | | LC000114 |
|---|
| 52 | 52 | | ======== |
|---|