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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT,

AND SUPPLIES

     Introduced By: Representatives Morales, and Caldwell

     Date Introduced: February 15, 2023

     Referred To: House State Government & Elections

     (By request)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 17-19-49 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct of

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

     17-19-49. Political literature and influence.

     No poster, paper, circular, or other document designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat

any candidate for public office or any political party on any question submitted to the voters shall

be distributed or displayed within the voting place or within fifty (50) one hundred (100) feet of

the entrance or entrances to the building in which voting is conducted at any primary or election.

Neither shall any election official display on his or her person within the voting place any political

party button, badge, or other device tending to aid, injure, or defeat the candidacy of any person for

public office or any question submitted to the voters or to intimidate or influence the voters.

     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 amend from fifty (50) feet to one hundred (100) feet the distance which

must be maintained by people at polling location entrances.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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