2020 -- S 2602

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020

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RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS

     Introduced By: Senator Cynthia Armour Coyne

     Date Introduced: February 25, 2020

     Referred To: Senate Judiciary

     (Board of Elections)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 17-10-16 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-10 entitled "Canvassing

the Lists of Qualified Electors" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     17-10-16. Challenge lists.

     The local state board shall prepare electronic lists and annex a "challenge list" to each of

these canvassed and certified voting lists. The challenge list shall consist of the names and

addresses of all persons who are determined to be ineligible to vote in the ensuing election at any

time after the final list of eligible voters has been certified by the local board. The challenge list

shall also contain the names and addresses of all persons who have been furnished mail ballots.

The challenge list shall also contain the names and addresses of all persons who, after the final list

of voters eligible to participate in the election have been certified, become ineligible to vote for

failure to comply with § 17-9.1-25. Provided, that the state board, by regulation, may authorize

local boards to code the certified list to be provided to voting district wardens to indicate the

ineligibility of a voter or the status of a voter as a mail ballot voter, or the status of a voter as an

inactive voter who has become ineligible to vote for failure to comply with § 17-9.1-25.

Notwithstanding if an electronic list is unavailable from the state board, the local board shall

provide to voting district wardens a paper list containing the same information. Copies of the

challenge these lists shall be furnished upon request to political party workers at each polling place

at the office of the local board.

     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 -- CANVASSING THE LISTS OF QUALIFIED ELECTORS

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     This act would require that inactive voters and mail ballot voters be indicated as such on

the e-pollbooks.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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