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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, at least 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.

     (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

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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 and one voting booth per one

hundred seventy-five (175) qualified electors in the district, be prepared and delivered by the

board of elections to each voting district.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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