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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

     

     Introduced By: Representative Brian C. Newberry

     Date Introduced: April 09, 2015

     Referred To: House Judiciary

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 17-12.1-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-12.1 entitled

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"Primaries for Election of Delegates to National Conventions and for Presidential Preference" is

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hereby amended to read as follows:

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     17-12.1-1. Date of primaries for election of delegates to national conventions. -- A

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primary election for the election of delegates to the national convention for each political party

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shall be held in the manner provided in this chapter on the fourth Tuesday in April 2012 March

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2016, and every fourth year thereafter.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES

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     This act would change the date for presidential party primaries from the fourth Tuesday

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in April to the fourth Tuesday in March beginning in 2016.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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