Chapter 113
2017 -- S 0792 SUBSTITUTE A
Enacted 06/30/2017

A N   A C T
RELATING TO ELECTIONS - CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES

Introduced By: Senator Erin P. Lynch Prata
Date Introduced: April 25, 2017

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Section 17-19-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct of
Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies" is hereby amended to read as follows:
     17-19-4. Voting booths and optical scan precinct count units -- Number to be
furnished.
     (a) For each voting district and for each town not divided into voting districts, an optical
scan at least one precinct count unit shall be prepared and delivered by the state board or its
designee.
     (b) At each voting place, both in cities and in towns, at least one voting booth shall be
furnished for every one hundred seventy-five (175) qualified electors, whose names are upon the
voting list used at the voting place and entitled to use the machines, as certified to the state board
based on the voting list certified as a result of the final canvass.
     (c) In making the calculation required by this section, voters whose names are on the
inactive list of voters shall not be included.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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