Rhode Island 2023 Regular Session

Rhode Island House Bill H5612 Compare Versions

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99 S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND
1010 IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1111 JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023
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1414 A N A C T
1515 RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
1616 Introduced By: Representative Patricia A. Serpa
1717 Date Introduced: February 15, 2023
1818 Referred To: House State Government & Elections
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2121 It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
2222 SECTION 1. Section 17-9.1-23 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-9.1 entitled 1
2323 "Registration of Voters" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2
2424 17-9.1-23. Party designation. 3
2525 (a) Whenever any person registers to vote, that person may designate his or her party 4
2626 affiliation, or that person may designate that he or she is not affiliated with any political party. The 5
2727 information shall be recorded on a form prescribed by the state board of elections. 6
2828 (b) Any person who is already registered to vote and wishes to designate his or her party 7
2929 affiliation may do so by submitting to that person’s local board of canvassers a form provided by 8
3030 the state board designating his or her party affiliation and certifying to the fact on the form furnished 9
3131 for that purpose. 10
3232 (c) Whenever any person participates in a party primary, that act shall serve as identifying 11
3333 the person as being affiliated with the party in whose primary that person has participated and the 12
3434 local board shall record the affiliation on the appropriate form. For the purposes of this section, 13
3535 “participating in a party primary” does not include the circulation or signing of nomination papers. 14
3636 SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 15
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4343 EXPLANATION
4444 BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
4545 OF
4646 A N A C T
4747 RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
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4949 This act would allow non-affiliated party voters to vote in party primaries, without 1
5050 becoming an affiliated party voter. 2
5151 This act would take effect upon passage. 3
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