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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 -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS | |
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Introduced By: Representative Evan P. Shanley | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2023 | |
Referred To: House State Government & Elections | |
(Board of Elections) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Sections 17-15-3 and 17-15-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-15 entitled |
2 | "Primary Elections" are hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 17-15-3. Special election primaries. |
4 | Party primary elections shall also be held for the purpose of nominating candidates for an |
5 | office or offices to be elected at any special election. In the event of a special election, the state |
6 | board shall fix the date or dates on which the various party primary elections shall be held; provided, |
7 | that all the party primary elections shall have been held by the thirtieth (30th) day first Tuesday |
8 | after the first Monday in the month preceding the date fixed for the special election; and provided, |
9 | further, that the date or dates fixed by the state board shall not be a religious holiday and shall be |
10 | held on the first Tuesday next after the first Monday of any month. |
11 | 17-15-4. Municipal primaries other than at time of general primaries. |
12 | In those cities and towns that now by law hold elections for city or town officers on a day |
13 | other than the Tuesday after the first Monday in November biennially in each even year, a primary |
14 | election for the nomination of the city or town officials shall be held and the local board shall fix |
15 | the date of the election; provided, that the primary election shall have been held by the thirtieth |
16 | (30th) day first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month preceding the date fixed for the |
17 | election; and provided, further, that the date fixed by the local board shall not be a religious holiday |
18 | and shall be held on the first Tuesday next after the first Monday of any month. |
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1 | 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 -- PRIMARY ELECTIONS | |
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1 | This act would allow the first Tuesday after the first Monday in the month preceding the |
2 | special election to be available to hold the special primary. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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