Chapter 263 |
2019 -- S 0608 Enacted 07/15/2019 |
A N A C T |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- CONDUCT OF ELECTION AND VOTING EQUIPMENT, AND SUPPLIES |
Introduced By: Senators Metts, Crowley, Quezada, Cano, and DiPalma |
Date Introduced: March 14, 2019 |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
SECTION 1. Section 17-19-30 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-19 entitled "Conduct |
of Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
17-19-30. Voters who register by making a mark rather than signature. |
Any voter who has registered by making his or her mark rather than his or her signature, |
or who shall be physically unable to sign his or her name at the time of offering himself or herself |
to vote, shall identify himself or herself by correctly answering any questions put to him or her by |
the supervisors that may test the voter's knowledge of the information recorded on the voter's |
registration card. In that case, the bipartisan pair of supervisors shall complete a ballot application |
for the voter and shall make and annex to this ballot application an affidavit that they identified |
the voter in the manner authorized by this section. with proof of identity as required under ยง 17- |
19-24.2. They shall permit the voter to affix the voter's mark to the application on the electronic |
pollbook in their presence and shall record their approval on the application electronic pollbook |
as in other cases. |
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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