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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- H 5713 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002018 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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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 -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITY |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Cortvriend, Potter, Kazarian, Kennedy, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Chippendale, Speakman, McEntee, Corvese, and Shanley |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: February 26, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: House State Government & Elections |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Section 17-8-2 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-8 entitled "Local 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Canvassing Authorities" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 17-8-2. Term and qualifications for office. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Each member of a local canvassing authority shall be appointed to serve for a term of 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | six (6) years beginning on the first Monday of March succeeding the date of his or her appointment 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. No person shall be appointed or serve as a 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | member of the authority who is an officer or employee of the United States or of this state, or who 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | is an officer or employee of the authority’s city or town; provided, that in any city a member of the 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | authority may be employed as its clerk. Any member of the authority who becomes a candidate for 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | election to any public office and who fails to file a declination of the candidacy within the time 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | allowed by law shall be disqualified from holding membership upon the authority and his or her 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | successor shall be immediately elected. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) No member of the authority may hold any partisan office including town/city party 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | committees or representative/senate district committees. Any member who fails to file a declination 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of candidacy, within ten (10) days of declaring said candidacy, shall be subject to a five hundred 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | dollar ($500) fine and immediate dismissal from the authority. This requirement shall apply to 16 |
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| 39 | 39 | | membership on partisan elected state committees, as outlined above, as well. 17 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LC002018 - Page 2 of 3 |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | LC002018 |
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| 49 | 49 | | LC002018 - Page 3 of 3 |
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| 50 | 50 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 51 | 51 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 52 | 52 | | OF |
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| 53 | 53 | | A N A C T |
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| 54 | 54 | | RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- LOCAL CANVASSING AUTHORITY |
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| 55 | 55 | | *** |
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| 56 | 56 | | This act would prohibit members of elected city/town political party committees as well as 1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | representative/senate district committees from serving on local canvassing authorities. 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | LC002018 |
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