2017 -- S 0792

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2017

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT

AND SUPPLIES

     Introduced By: Senator Erin P. Lynch Prata

     Date Introduced: April 25, 2017

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (Board of Elections)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 17-19-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct of

Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     17-19-4. Voting booths and optical scan precinct count units -- Number to be

furnished.

     (a) For each voting district and for each town not divided into voting districts, an optical

scan at least one precinct count unit shall be prepared and delivered by the state board or its

designee.

     (b) At each voting place, both in cities and in towns, one voting booth shall be furnished

for every one hundred seventy-five (175) qualified electors, whose names are upon the voting list

used at the voting place and entitled to use the machines, as certified to the state board based on

the voting list certified as a result of the final canvass the number of precinct count units and

voting booths furnished at each voting place shall be established in accordance with rules and

regulations which shall be promulgated by the state board of elections.

     (c) In making the calculation required by this section, voters whose names are on the

inactive list of voters shall not be included.

     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 - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT

AND SUPPLIES

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     This act would require at least one precinct count unit be prepared and delivered to each

town not divided into voting districts and requires the board of elections to promulgate rules and

regulations establishing the number of precinct count units and voting booths to be used at each

voting place.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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