Chapter 357

2008 -- H 8434

Enacted 07/05/08

A N A C T

RELATING TO ELECTIONS - REGISTRATION OF VOTERS

Introduced By: Representative Helio Melo

Date Introduced: June 21, 2008

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 17-9.1-21 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-9.1 entitled

"Registration of Voters" is hereby amended to read as follows:

17-9.1-21. Registration lists furnished to political parties. -- The local boards shall not

more than once each week and not less than once a month, if requested to do so by the state

and/or city or town chairperson of any political party, or any state or local office holder or

declared candidate for public office, furnish without cost and without unreasonable delay to the

chairperson, or the chairperson's accredited representative, and to any state or local office holder

or declared candidate for public office so requesting, the names and addresses of all persons who

are newly registered to vote in the city or town, the names and addresses of all electors who have

transferred to a new voting address, and the names and addresses of all persons whose names

have been removed from the voting list or placed in the inactive category. In the event that any

list so furnished is declared to be inaccurate by the chairperson of the democratic state committee

or the chairperson of the republican state central committee, the state board of elections shall, at

its discretion, if requested by either of the chairpersons, appoint a disinterested person to examine

the records of the local board for the purpose of determining the accuracy of the list. Nothing in

this section shall be construed to prevent any member of the general public from obtaining the

same information under the access to Public Records Acts, chapter 2 of title 38.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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