2020 -- H 7480 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS - PRIMARY ELECTIONS | |
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Introduced By: Representative Scott Slater | |
Date Introduced: February 06, 2020 | |
Referred To: House 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. [Effective January 1, 2020.] |
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 eighth Tuesday preceding |
6 | biennial state elections; provided that, in the event that the date for the holding of any primary |
7 | election preceding any general election falls upon the day following a holiday the primary shall |
8 | be held upon the next business day. |
9 | 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 - PRIMARY ELECTIONS | |
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1 | This act would provide that in the event a primary election is scheduled on a day |
2 | following a holiday then the primary would be held on the next business day. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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