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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 - PARTY PRIMARY DATE | |
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Introduced By: Senator Leonidas P. Raptakis | |
Date Introduced: March 21, 2019 | |
Referred To: Senate Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-15-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-15 entitled "Primary |
2 | Elections" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-15-1. Date of primaries. |
4 | A primary election for the nomination of candidates for each political party shall be held |
5 | in each voting district in the manner provided in this chapter on the second first Tuesday after the |
6 | first Monday in September in June in each even numbered year. |
7 | 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 - PARTY PRIMARY DATE | |
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1 | This act would change the date of party primaries from the second Tuesday after the first |
2 | Monday in September in each even numbered year to the first Tuesday in June in each even |
3 | numbered year. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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