2019 -- H 5015 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Marshall, and Casey | |
Date Introduced: January 03, 2019 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-11-1.1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-11 entitled "Voting |
2 | Districts and Officials" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-11-1.1. Combination of voting districts for special election. |
4 | (a) The board of canvassers of any city or town at which there shall be submitted to the |
5 | voters a question or questions for their approval or rejection but at which no state or local |
6 | officials will be elected, shall have the authority to combine two (2) or more voting districts, |
7 | when in its judgment the combination is advisable, and when combined shall be treated as a |
8 | voting district, but only upon the approval of the board of elections. |
9 | (b) If voting districts are combined as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the local |
10 | board must advertise the combination of districts in a newspaper of general circulation in the city |
11 | or town no less than seven (7) days and no more than twenty-one (21) days before the special |
12 | election. |
13 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the board of |
14 | canvassers of the city of Woonsocket or the town of Cumberland may combine two (2) or more |
15 | voting districts for the senate district 20 special election in April, 2008 and when combined shall |
16 | be treated as a voting district, but only upon the approval of the board of elections. |
17 | (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the board of |
18 | canvassers of the town of Bristol may combine two (2) or more voting districts for the |
19 | representative district 68 special election in March, 2019, and when combined shall be treated as |
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1 | a voting district, but only upon the approval of the board of elections. |
2 | If voting districts are combined pursuant to this subsection, the local board must advertise |
3 | the combination of districts in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town no less than |
4 | three (3) days before the special election. |
5 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- VOTING DISTRICTS AND OFFICIALS | |
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1 | This act would allow the board of canvassers of the town of Bristol to combine two (2) or |
2 | more voting districts for the representative district 68 special election in March, 2019. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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