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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5612 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001343 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representative Patricia A. Serpa |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 15, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: House State Government & Elections |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 17-9.1-23 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-9.1 entitled 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | "Registration of Voters" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 17-9.1-23. Party designation. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) Whenever any person registers to vote, that person may designate his or her party 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | affiliation, or that person may designate that he or she is not affiliated with any political party. The 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | information shall be recorded on a form prescribed by the state board of elections. 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) Any person who is already registered to vote and wishes to designate his or her party 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | affiliation may do so by submitting to that person’s local board of canvassers a form provided by 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | the state board designating his or her party affiliation and certifying to the fact on the form furnished 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | for that purpose. 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (c) Whenever any person participates in a party primary, that act shall serve as identifying 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | the person as being affiliated with the party in whose primary that person has participated and the 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | local board shall record the affiliation on the appropriate form. For the purposes of this section, 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | “participating in a party primary” does not include the circulation or signing of nomination papers. 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | LC001343 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LC001343 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 44 | 44 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 45 | 45 | | OF |
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| 46 | 46 | | A N A C T |
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| 47 | 47 | | RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS |
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| 48 | 48 | | *** |
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| 49 | 49 | | This act would allow non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without 1 |
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| 50 | 50 | | becoming an affiliated party voter. 2 |
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| 51 | 51 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | LC001343 |
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