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April 10, 2006

House panel to consider voter initiative bill

PROVIDENCE -- The House Judiciary Committee will consider legislation this afternoon that would change the state Constitution, allowing voters to change state laws through a process called voter initiative.

Governor Carcieri, who introduced the constitutional amendment, has urged the House committee to approve the measure, as opposed to delaying action as the Senate Judiciary Committee did last week.

"As a candidate for office, I promised to reform state government, and to make it more open and accessible to the citizens of Rhode Island," Carcieri said in a statement today. "Voter initiative will make state government more responsive to its citizens."

The House Judiciary Committee will consider Carcieri's proposals at the rise of the House, which is set for 4 p.m.

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