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| 6 | 7 | | LC002648/SUB A |
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| 8 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 9 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 10 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 11 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 12 | 13 | | |
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| 13 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 14 | 15 | | RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARIES FOR ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO |
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| 15 | 16 | | NATIONAL CONVENTIONS AND FOR PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE |
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| 16 | 17 | | Introduced By: Representatives Perez, Hull, Corvese, Fenton-Fung, Cardillo, Batista, |
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| 17 | 18 | | Bennett, Fellela, Azzinaro, and Diaz |
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| 18 | 19 | | Date Introduced: March 24, 2023 |
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| 19 | 20 | | Referred To: House State Government & Elections |
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| 22 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | | - | SECTION 1. Sections 17-12.1-3 and 17-12.1-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-12.1 1 |
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| 24 | | - | entitled "Primaries for Election of Delegates to National Conventions and for Presidential 2 |
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| 25 | | - | Preference" is hereby amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 26 | | - | 17-12.1-3. Declaration of candidacy — Delegates. 4 |
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| 27 | | - | During the sixty-first (61st) seventieth (70 |
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| 29 | | - | ) and sixty-second (62nd) seventy-first (71 |
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| 30 | | - | st |
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| 31 | | - | ) 5 |
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| 32 | | - | day preceding a primary for election of delegates to a national convention, each voter desiring to 6 |
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| 33 | | - | be a delegate at the forthcoming convention shall, on the form that shall be provided by the secretary 7 |
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| 34 | | - | of state, sign his or her name as it appears on the voting list and file, not later than four (4:00) p.m. 8 |
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| 35 | | - | of the date of filing with the secretary of state, a declaration of candidacy which shall include the 9 |
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| 36 | | - | following information: 10 |
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| 37 | | - | (1) His or her name and address as they appear on the voting list, party designation, place 11 |
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| 38 | | - | and date of birth, and length of residence in the state and in the town or city where he or she resides. 12 |
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| 39 | | - | (2) A statement that, if elected, he or she would comply with all party rules of the national 13 |
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| 40 | | - | committee of the party designated in subdivision (1) of this section relating to delegates to national 14 |
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| 41 | | - | conventions and conducting of national conventions. 15 |
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| 42 | | - | (3) At the same time as the declaration of candidacy is filed, the appropriate pledge of 16 |
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| 43 | | - | support form provided to the secretary of state by the political parties must be filed by the candidate 17 |
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| 44 | | - | for delegate. 18 |
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| 47 | | - | (4) If any candidate for delegate does not thereafter wish his or her name to appear on the 1 |
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| 48 | | - | ballot, the candidate shall, at least forty-nine (49) days prior to the date for the primary, file an 2 |
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| 49 | | - | affidavit with the secretary of state stating his or her name may not be placed on the ballot and the 3 |
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| 50 | | - | secretary of state shall not place that candidate’s name on the ballot. 4 |
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| 51 | | - | 17-12.1-6. Number of signers required. 5 |
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| 52 | | - | The nomination papers of a candidate for delegate to a national convention shall be signed, 6 |
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| 53 | | - | in the aggregate, by at least one hundred fifty (150) seventy-five (75) eligible voters. 7 |
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| 54 | | - | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 8 |
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| 24 | + | SECTION 1. Section 17-12.1-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-12.1 entitled "Primaries 1 |
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| 25 | + | for Election of Delegates to National Conventions and for Presidential Preference" is hereby 2 |
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| 26 | + | amended to read as follows: 3 |
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| 27 | + | 17-12.1-6. Number of signers required. 4 |
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| 28 | + | The nomination papers of a candidate for delegate to a national convention shall be signed, 5 |
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| 29 | + | in the aggregate, by at least one hundred fifty (150) seventy-five (75) eligible voters. 6 |
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| 30 | + | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 7 |
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