Section 17-19-48. – Posting of original voter registration records.
§ 17-19-48. Posting of original voter registration records. Following the return of the certified voting lists to the local boards, each board shall cause the original registration records to reflect the appropriate voting facts from the immediately preceding election and shall also post the appropriate voting facts set forth in the list of absentee voters […]
Section 17-19-37.1. – Recount eligibility — Candidates for public office.
§ 17-19-37.1. Recount eligibility — Candidates for public office. A candidate for election or nomination for election to public office shall be eligible to request a recount of the votes cast in his or her race pursuant to the following: (1) In those races in which a single candidate is elected a candidate who trails […]
Section 17-19-37.2. – Recount eligibility — Write-in candidates for public office.
§ 17-19-37.2. Recount eligibility — Write-in candidates for public office. (1) A write-in candidate for election to public office shall be eligible to request a recount of the votes cast in a race: (a) If, following the initial manual count of all irregular ballots, the write-in candidate shall have received a minimum of ten (10) […]
Section 17-19-37.3. – Recount eligibility — Ballot questions and other offices.
§ 17-19-37.3. Recount eligibility — Ballot questions and other offices. (1) A person, group or organization of “recognized standing” regarding a ballot question, as determined by the board of elections, may request a recount of the votes cast on the ballot question pursuant to the following: (a) The person, group or organization may request a […]
Section 17-19-37.4. – Post-election audits.
§ 17-19-37.4. Post-election audits. (a) The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that auditing of election results is necessary to ensure effective election administration and public confidence in the election results. Further, risk-limiting audits provide a more effective manner of conducting audits than traditional audit methods in that risk-limiting audit methods typically require only […]
Section 17-19-38. – Custody of optical scan precinct count units pending return to storage.
§ 17-19-38. Custody of optical scan precinct count units pending return to storage. After the close of the polls, the local board shall resume custody of the voting equipment until the voting equipment is removed by the state board or its designee. The local board shall take all necessary measures to prevent the voting equipment […]
Section 17-19-39. – Power to open voting equipment.
§ 17-19-39. Power to open voting equipment. The state board of elections shall have the right to open any and all voting equipment either before, during or after an election in the presence of the proper election officials of the city or town in which the election is held for the purpose of examining the […]
Section 17-19-39.1. – Voted ballot storage and security.
§ 17-19-39.1. Voted ballot storage and security. (a) Voted computer ballots that were counted at the state board shall be stored in containers by the state board until the expiration of twenty-two (22) months from the date of election and voted computer ballots that were voted and packaged at a local precinct or counted at […]
Section 17-19-29. – Repealed.
§ 17-19-29. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1951 (s.s.), ch. 2870, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 17-10-39; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-29; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2006, ch. 315, § 4, effective July 4, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 460, § 4, effective July 7, 2006.
Section 17-19-40. – Repealed.
§ 17-19-40. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 318, §§ 23, 24; P.L. 1940, ch. 818, § 1; G.L. 1956, ch. 318, § 24; P.L. 1956, ch. 3755, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-45; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 17; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 17, effective […]