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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- PRIMARY ELECTION DATES

     

     Introduced By: Representatives Place, Rea, and Nardone

     Date Introduced: February 01, 2023

     Referred To: House State Government & Elections

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 17-15-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-15 entitled "Primary

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Elections" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     17-15-1. Date of primaries.

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     A primary election for the nomination of candidates for each political party shall be held

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in each voting district in the manner provided in this chapter on the eighth Tuesday preceding

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biennial state elections. Provided, however, that if the eighth Tuesday is the day after Labor Day,

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then the primary election shall be held on the very next day, the Wednesday.

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     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 -- PRIMARY ELECTION DATES

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     This act would require that the primary election date, typically the eighth Tuesday

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preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday immediately following Labor

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Day, only if the eighth Tuesday immediately follows Labor Day.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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