2020 -- H 7761 | |
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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 -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Slater, Kislak, and Diaz | |
Date Introduced: February 26, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
(Board of Elections) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 17-10-5 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-10 entitled "Canvassing |
2 | the Lists of Qualified Electors" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-10-5. Canvass and correction of preliminary lists. |
4 | (a) The local board shall, before the twentieth (20th) day preceding each election, meet and |
5 | canvass the preliminary lists and hear objections to the inclusion or omission of any person as a |
6 | registered voter, and it shall at that time make a final canvass and correction of the registration files. |
7 | It shall give notice of the time and place of the meeting, for at least ten (10) days previous to it, by |
8 | posting notices of the meeting in the same manner as required by this chapter for the posting of the |
9 | preliminary list, and by publication once, at least ten (10) days previous to the meeting, in one or |
10 | more newspapers having general circulation in the city or town on the official city or town website |
11 | and all official city or town social media accounts. At or following the meeting, the local board |
12 | shall strike from the lists and direct the cancellation of the registration of every person who is not |
13 | qualified to vote at the election for which the final canvass is made, and shall immediately notify |
14 | the secretary of state of that action. No registration shall be cancelled or a voter's right to vote be |
15 | otherwise limited based upon a finding that the voter no longer resides within the city or town |
16 | unless the voter has confirmed either in person or in writing that the voter no longer resides within |
17 | the city or town or the board has received written evidence that the voter has registered to vote |
18 | within another city or town or in another state. |
19 | (b) The local boards may meet and canvass the voting lists of any senatorial district, |
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1 | representative district or districts, ward or wards, or voting district or districts in any senatorial or |
2 | representative district, ward, or voting district, or at their office or other previously designated |
3 | place, at any other convenient time or times, on the same day or different days, not inconsistent |
4 | with the provisions of this chapter. |
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 -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS | |
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1 | This act would eliminate the requirement that the local board of canvassers publish in the |
2 | local newspaper notice of certain meetings regarding lists of registered voters and would instead |
3 | require online publication of that notice on the official city or town website and all official city or |
4 | town social media accounts. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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