Section 17-23-19. – Referenda advertisements.
§ 17-23-19. Referenda advertisements. Media outlets in Rhode Island that sell time for advertisements pertaining to referenda questions at an election shall require the purchasers of the advertisements to prominently display the state in which the referenda election is to be held. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 399, § 1.
Section 17-23-5. – Bribery or intimidation of voters — Immunity of witnesses in bribery trials.
§ 17-23-5. Bribery or intimidation of voters — Immunity of witnesses in bribery trials. Every person who directly or indirectly gives, or offers to agree to give, to any elector or to any person for the benefit of any elector, any sum of money or other valuable consideration for the purpose of inducing the elector […]
Section 17-23-6. – Improper influence by employers.
§ 17-23-6. Improper influence by employers. (a) Every person being an employer who, within ninety (90) days of a general election, pays any of his or her employees the salary or wages due them in “pay envelopes” upon which there is written or printed, or in which there is inserted: (1) a notice or information, […]
Section 17-23-7. – Protection of names of major parties.
§ 17-23-7. Protection of names of major parties. (a) It shall be unlawful for any club or society or association, whether incorporated or not, to include in its name the word “republican” or “democrat” or any designation indicating its affiliation with a political party, unless: (1) If it is state or congressional district wide in […]
Section 17-23-8. – Failure to furnish certificate of election.
§ 17-23-8. Failure to furnish certificate of election. Every city or town clerk or local board required by law to furnish any city, town, ward, or voting district officer elect with a proper certificate of the officer’s election who neglects or refuses to do so, as soon as possible after the election, shall be guilty […]
Section 17-23-9. – Violations as to nomination papers or withdrawals — Protection of party emblems.
§ 17-23-9. Violations as to nomination papers or withdrawals — Protection of party emblems. Any person who falsely makes, or willfully defaces or destroys, any certificate of nomination or nomination paper, or any part of it, or any letter of withdrawal, or files any certificate of nomination or nomination paper or letter of withdrawal, knowing […]
Section 17-23-10. – Violations by public officers generally.
§ 17-23-10. Violations by public officers generally. Any public officer, upon whom a duty is imposed by this title, who willfully neglects to perform his or her duty, or who performs it in a way that hinders the objects of this title, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History of Section.G.L. 1896, ch. 11, § […]
Section 17-23-11. – Limitation of prosecutions — Payment to complainant.
§ 17-23-11. Limitation of prosecutions — Payment to complainant. All prosecutions for offenses against the provisions of this chapter shall commence within one year after the offenses have been committed, and not afterwards. And upon the presentation of a certificate of the clerk of any court of the final conviction in the court of any […]
Section 17-23-12. – Qualification of person obtaining signatures.
§ 17-23-12. Qualification of person obtaining signatures. (a) No person, except one qualified to sign a petition for the adoption of a home rule charter as provided in § 6 of article XIII of the Constitution of this state, shall circulate any petition, or obtain signatures on any petition, and any petition circulated, or any […]
Section 17-23-13. – Sound equipment.
§ 17-23-13. Sound equipment. No sound equipment advocating the election or defeat of any candidate or the approval or disapproval of any referenda shall be allowed within five hundred (500) feet of any polling place. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 200, § 2.