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June 6, 2006

House overrides Carcieri veto of ballot bill

PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island could soon lose its distinction as the only state that allows its governor to place nonbinding questions on the ballot.

The House voted 50-23 today to override Governor Carcieri's veto of a bill that would strip him of that power. The Senate also would have to override the veto.

Carcieri vetoed the bill last week, saying nonbinding questions give state executives an important means of assessing public opinion.

Today, he decried the House vote, calling it "a clear attack on Rhode Islanders’ right to express their opinions on important issues facing our state.”

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