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23 bills found for "Elections"
Allocates the assessment of fines for failure to file reports between the board of elections between the candidate and political action or political party committee.
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Requires the board of elections to establish a secure area for the public observation of mail ballot processing and require the mail ballot voter’s signature be compared to the signature on file within the state central voter registration system.
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Increases from seven (7) days to nine (9) days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections. No certificates of election may be issued, until the recount if any is completed.
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Removes corporate and dark-money spending from all Rhode Island elections and ballot questions.
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Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
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Spells out rules and regulations for the presidential preference primary elections, and would also establish rules for ranked choice voting tabulation and results reporting by the secretary of state.
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Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.
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Amends several statutes relating to elections and the dates for primaries and dates within which to file nomination papers and object to nomination papers.
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Requires that the primary election date, statutorily the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday when Labor Day is the day before said Tuesday. No other filing deadlines would be affected.
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Changes how voter are notified of elections and vote registration deadlines, and local board questions.
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Increases from seven (7) days to nine (9) days the period of time in which a request for a recount of the votes cast can be made to the board of elections. No certificates of election may be issued, until the recount if any is completed.
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Requires the board of elections to establish a secure area for the public observation of mail ballot processing and require the mail ballot voter’s signature be compared to the signature on file within the state central voter registration system.
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Allows citizens of a city or town who are at least sixteen (16) years of age to register to vote and to vote in school committee elections in municipalities where school committees are elected entities.
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Requires all write-in votes, regardless of qualification, to be reported and published by the state board of elections, on its website.
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Changes how voter are notified of elections and vote registration deadlines, and local board questions.
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Prohibits the use of ranked choice voting in all local, state and federal public office elections.
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Requires that the primary election date, statutorily the eighth Tuesday preceding the biennial state elections, shall be held on the Wednesday when Labor Day is the day before said Tuesday. No other filing deadlines would be affected.
This bill addresses a scheduling conflict that occasionally arises when Rhode Island's primary election falls on the day after Labor Day.
Amends several statutes relating to elections and the dates for primaries and dates within which to file nomination papers and object to nomination papers.
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Ranking a Member on a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives.
This is a straightforward housekeeping resolution that designates or assigns a specific Member of Congress to a ranking position on one of the House of Representatives' standing committees.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States extending the right to vote to citizens sixteen years of age or older.
This bill proposes an amendment to the United States Constitution that would lower the national voting age from 18 to 16.
Electing Members to certain standing committees of the House of Representatives.
This is a routine housekeeping resolution in which the House of Representatives formally assigns specific members of Congress to serve on certain standing committees.
Reaffirming the House of Representatives's commitment to ensuring secure elections throughout the United States by recognizing that the presentation of valid photograph identification is a fundamental component of secure elections.
This is a resolution (not a law that would create new requirements) in which the House of Representatives would formally express its position that requiring voters to show a valid photo ID is an essential part of keeping elections secure.
Fair Representation Amendment
The Fair Representation Amendment is a proposed constitutional amendment that would change how members of the U.