Rhode Island bill H7894 is now law.  The Governor declined to either sign it or veto it, so it becomes law without his signature.  It tells towns and cities in Rhode Island that they must let voters sign as many petitions for competing candidates as they wish.

The new law will settle two pending federal lawsuits, one against the town of Central Falls, and the other against the town of East Providence.  The lawsuit in Central Falls had already been won in U.S. District Court, and Central Falls had appealed to the First Circuit.  The lawsuit in East Providence had not yet had a decision in any court.

Rhode Island election law, for candidates for federal and state office, already let voters sign for multiple competing candidates for the same office.  But now that rule applies to all city and town elections as well.