Better luck next year, Rhode Island Voting Rights Act. Here’s why it stalled this session.

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 9, 2026

Words: 1,207

Last Updated: 1 day, 15 hours ago

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Over 100 progressive and good government advocates struck when the political iron was hot when they rallied at the Rhode Island State House on March 31 to urge the General Assembly to pass legislation to codify federal protections against voter suppression into state law.

The rally was held a week after the introduction of the Rhode Island Voting Rights Act, which sought to protect the state’s minority voters against barriers to the ballot box such …

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