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Senate passes bill preserving electronically transmitted ballots for disabled and military voters
Summary
The Senate passed S.2341 Sub A, a judiciary-sponsored bill to allow eligible disabled and military voters to continue using electronically transmitted ballots as enacted in 2024, by a recorded vote of 33-2.
The Rhode Island Senate passed S.2341 Sub A on the regular calendar, a Judiciary Committee bill relating to elections and electronically transmitted ballots.
A committee chair introduced the measure, saying the bill would allow eligible disabled and military voters to continue to utilize electronically transmitted ballots as originally enacted in 2024. The chair moved the bill's passage; the clerk unlocked the voting machine and the Senate recorded 33 votes in the affirmative and 2 in the negative. The presiding officer announced, "The act passes."
The transcript records the bill's purpose and the roll-call tally but does not include proponents' detailed floor debate or named opponents explaining their 'no' votes. The passage restores or maintains a mechanism for eligible disabled and military voters to access ballots electronically, reflecting the statute enacted in 2024, as described by the committee chair.
The bill passed by recorded vote; the transcript shows no amendments on the floor and instructs clerks to record the outcome.
