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2011 legislation requested by OCG and/or supported by OCG Ethics Amendment This bill will allow citizens to vote on a Constitutional Amendment to restore jurisdiction over the General Assembly to the state's Ethics Commission. Read more…   2011-H 5410 Rep. Michael Marcello   2011-S 634 Sen. Edward O'Neill     Inspector General       For an independent state Inspector General to root out fraud, waste and abuse. Other states with an Office of Inspector General save more money than the cost of running the office. Read more…   2011-H 5431 Rep. Larry Valencia   2011-S 622 Sen. Rhoda Perry         Voter Handbook Allow pro and con statements in the Voter Information Handbook on Referendum questions. Read more…   2011-S 349 Sen. Edward O'Neill     Rep. Michael Marcello         Publish legislator roll call committee votes Publish on the General Assembly website all roll call committee votes. It would not cost additional taxpayer dollars to scan the documents containing the vote. The public should know who has voted to kill a bill or who has voted to allow it to come to the house or senate floor for a vote of the full chamber.   2011-H 5340 Rep. Deborah Ruggiero   Eliminate straight-ticket voting This is a question at the top of the ballot asking the voter if he/she wants to vote for all members of a particular party with one vote. Only 14 states have straight-party voting, including Rhode Island. Most voters do not know that if they vote a straight party and then go down the ballot and make a mark in any multi-seat race, their straight party vote has been discarded by the optical scan machine. Read more… 2011-S 232 2011-S 238 Sen. David Bates   2011-H 5452 Rep. Michael Marcello   2011-H 5454 Rep. Brian Newberry   Eliminate Legislative Grants Legislative grants are awarded through legislators by the House Speaker and the Senate President with no review process by the General Assembly. Read more…   2011-H 5596 Rep. Karen MacBeth   Magistrate Selection Have magistrates subject to the same selection process as judges. Read more…   2011-H 5091 Rep. Donna Walsh   2011 –S229 Sen. James Sheehan   Voter Initiative Twenty-four states have Voter Initiative, also called Initiative & Referendum (I&R). Rhode Island’s legislation has been judged to be model legislation by the California Commission on Campaign Financing. Read more… 2011-S 0372 2011-S 0374 Sen. Marc Cote 2011-H 5346 2011-H 5347 Rep. Larry Valencia   Click here for 2010 legislation