House Minority Whip Blake A. Filippi to Reintroduce Resolution to Amend Rhode Island Constitution and Require Election by Majority Through Instant Run-Off Voting

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​STATE HOUSE – House Minority Whip Blake A. Filippi (District 36, Block Island, Charlestown, South Kingstown, Westerly) announced on December 20, 2017, that he will reintroduce a resolution seeking to amend the Rhode Island Constitution to require that General Office and General Assembly candidates obtain a majority of ballots cast through instant run-off voting – rather than current plurality requirement. Whip Filippi’s resolution received bi-partisan support in the last three General Assembly sessions.

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