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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT,

AND SUPPLIES

     Introduced By: Representative Raymond A. Hull

     Date Introduced: April 01, 2022

     Referred To: House State Government & Elections

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 17-19-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct of

Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies" is hereby amended to read as follows:

     17-19-4. Voting booths and optical scan precinct count units -- Number to be

furnished.

     (a) For each voting district and for each town not divided into voting districts, at least one

precinct count unit shall be prepared and delivered by the state board or its designee.

     (b) At each voting place, both in cities and in towns, at least one voting booth shall be

furnished for every one hundred seventy-five (175) two hundred fifty (250) qualified electors,

whose names are upon the voting list used at the voting place and entitled to use the machines, as

certified to the state board based on the voting list certified as a result of the final canvass.

     (c) In making the calculation required by this section, voters whose names are on the

inactive list of voters shall not be included.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT,

AND SUPPLIES

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     This act would increase the number of qualified electors per voting booth from one hundred

seventy-five (175) qualified electors to two hundred fifty (250) qualified electors.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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