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 – Repealed.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 Repealed.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of Section.P.L. 1951 (s.s.), ch. 2870, § 33; G.L. 1956, § 17-10-39; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-29; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 2006, ch. 315, § 4, effective July 4, 2006; P.L. 2006, ch. 460, § 4, effective July 7, 2006.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 – Repealed.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 Repealed.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1940, ch. 818, § 1; G.L. 1956, ch. 318, § 24; P.L. 1956, ch. 3755, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-45; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 17; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 17, effective […]
Section 17-19-30. – Voters who register by making a mark rather than signature.
§ 17-19-30. Voters who register by making a mark rather than signature. Any voter who has registered by making his or her mark rather than his or her signature, or who shall be physically unable to sign his or her name at the time of offering himself or herself to vote, shall identify himself or […]
Section 17-19-41. – Violations by public officers.
§ 17-19-41. Violations by public officers. Any public officer upon whom a duty is imposed by this chapter who willfully neglects to perform that duty, or who performs it in a way as to hinder the objects of this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History of Section.P.L. 1935, ch. 2195, § 21; G.L. […]
Section 17-19-31. – Irregular ballots.
§ 17-19-31. Irregular ballots. Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear on the ballot as a nominated candidate for office are referred to in this section as “irregular ballots.” In voting for presidential electors, a voter may vote an irregular ticket made up of the names of persons in nomination by different […]
Section 17-19-42. – Tampering with voting equipment.
§ 17-19-42. Tampering with voting equipment. Any person, not being an election or primary officer or person upon whom a duty is imposed by this chapter, who, while any voting equipment is being made ready for an election or primary, or is in use during an election or primary, tampers with, disarranges, defaces, injures, or […]
Section 17-19-32. – Recording and signing of returns.
§ 17-19-32. Recording and signing of returns. Immediately upon the close of the polls the warden shall, in the presence of the other election or primary election officers and the election inspector, follow the procedure for the closing of the unit set forth by the vendor of the optical scan precinct count unit. The warden […]