Chapter
002
2008 -- H 8034
Enacted 03/14/08
A N A C T
RELATING TO ELECTIONS
Introduced By: Representatives Baldelli-Hunt, and Brien
Date Introduced: March 11,
2008
It is
enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION
1. Section 17-9.1-24 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-9.1 entitled
"Registration
of Voters" is hereby amended to read as follows:
17-9.1-24.
Change of designation. -- (a) Any person who has designated his or her
party
affiliation
pursuant to section 17-9.1-23 may change the designation on or before the
ninetieth
(90th)
day preceding any primary election for which the person is eligible. Whenever
any person
desires
to change his or her party designation, that person shall appear before the
local board of
the city
or town in which that person has his or her residence, as defined in section
17-1-3.1, or
before
the clerk or other duly authorized agent of the board, and shall change his or
her party
designation
and, after the information has been recorded on the form furnished for that
purpose,
the
person shall sign his or her name and certify to the truth of the facts
recorded in the
appropriate
spaces in the form; or the person shall furnish an affidavit properly executed
and
signed
by him or her to the board directing the board to change the party designation.
Whenever
any
person is unable to sign his or her name because of physical incapacity or
otherwise, that
person
shall make his or her mark "(X)", which shall be witnessed by the person
receiving the
registration.
For the convenience of persons voting at a primary election, affidavits for
changing
party
designation shall be available at all primary polling places. The presence of
the affidavits at
the
primary polling place shall not be construed to allow a person to change his or
her party
designation
within ninety (90) days preceding the primary election.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section,
affidavits for
changing
party designation which are executed by voters at polling places immediately
after
voting
in primary elections conducted in the city of Warwick in January, 2000, shall
take effect
immediately.
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, affidavits
for
changing
party designation which are executed by voters at polling places immediately
after
voting
in primary elections conducted in senate district 20 comprising parts of the
city of
Woonsocket
and town of Cumberland in March, 2008, shall take effect immediately.
SECTION
2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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LC02491
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