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Jun 28, 2019
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  • Voting Rights

Combined Voting Districts (H 5864, S 474)

This legislation allows Boards of Canvassers to combine voting districts for many elections, and ultimately passed without amendments which we proposed to ensure proper notification to voters and limits on the voters who can be sent to a polling location.
Legislation
Apr 16, 2019
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Counting of Write-In Candidates (H 5709, S 477)

Regardless of who a vote is for, all voters fundamentally deserve the right for their votes to be counted. For this reason, we opposed a bill which would have eliminated the counting of write-in votes for persons who had not filed in advance a “declaration of intent.”
Legislation
Apr 05, 2019
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Prison Gerrymandering (H 5513)

The ACLU once again supported legislation to require all prisoners to be counted, for voting purposes only, at their last known address.
Legislation
Mar 29, 2019
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Election Reform Bills

The ACLU testified on a variety of election-related bills, some of which we supported and some of which we did not.
Legislation
Mar 19, 2019
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Presidential Tax Returns (H 5727, S 342)

We have long opposed legislative efforts to impose added qualifications for candidates to appear on the ballot in RI. For that reason, we opposed this legislation which would have required presidential candidates to publicly disclose their federal tax returns in order to be listed on the ballot.
Legislation
Jun 28, 2019
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Legislation
Jun 28, 2019
  • Voting Rights

Combined Voting Districts (H 5864, S 474)

This legislation allows Boards of Canvassers to combine voting districts for many elections, and ultimately passed without amendments which we proposed to ensure proper notification to voters and limits on the voters who can be sent to a polling location.
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Apr 16, 2019
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Apr 16, 2019
  • Voting Rights

Counting of Write-In Candidates (H 5709, S 477)

Regardless of who a vote is for, all voters fundamentally deserve the right for their votes to be counted. For this reason, we opposed a bill which would have eliminated the counting of write-in votes for persons who had not filed in advance a “declaration of intent.”
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Apr 05, 2019
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Apr 05, 2019
  • Voting Rights

Prison Gerrymandering (H 5513)

The ACLU once again supported legislation to require all prisoners to be counted, for voting purposes only, at their last known address.
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Mar 29, 2019
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Mar 29, 2019
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Election Reform Bills

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Mar 19, 2019
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Mar 19, 2019
  • Voting Rights

Presidential Tax Returns (H 5727, S 342)

We have long opposed legislative efforts to impose added qualifications for candidates to appear on the ballot in RI. For that reason, we opposed this legislation which would have required presidential candidates to publicly disclose their federal tax returns in order to be listed on the ballot.
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