§ 17-14-1. Declarations of candidacy. During the last consecutive Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday in June in the even years and during the thirty-ninth (39th) and fortieth (40th) days preceding a primary election for a special election, or for an election regularly scheduled for a time other than the biennial general statewide election, each voter desiring […]
§ 17-14-1.1. Party affiliation. Whenever any person seeks elective office, that person shall not have been a member of a political party other than the declared political party within ninety (90) days of the filing of his or her declaration of candidacy. History of Section.P.L. 1981, ch. 372, § 3.
§ 17-14-1.2. Candidate required to be a qualified voter in the election. (a) No person shall be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy as an independent candidate nor shall a person be eligible to be a candidate or be eligible to be voted for unless the person shall, at the time of filing the […]
§ 17-14-10. Affidavit of person obtaining signatures. Every person who obtains signatures of voters upon nomination papers shall under oath sign the following statement: “I, _______________________________________ , of _______________________________________ , under oath, make affidavit and say that the signers of the within nomination paper (or papers) did so sign the paper (or papers) in my […]
§ 17-14-11. Checking and certification of nomination papers — Challenge. Each nomination paper for party and independent candidates shall be submitted before four o’clock (4:00) p.m. on the sixtieth (60th) day before the primary to the local board of the city or town where the signers appear to be voters or, in the case of […]
§ 17-14-12. Filing of nomination papers. All nomination papers for state offices or officers and all certified lists of candidates for local offices or officers shall be filed in the office of the secretary of state (the certified lists by the respective local boards), not later than fifty-four (54) days before the date of the […]
§ 17-14-12.1. Certification by local boards. All certified lists of candidates for primary, regular, and special elections, as well as all local questions to be voted on at these elections shall be in final form when certified to the secretary of state by the local boards. In all instances where there needs to be a […]
§ 17-14-13. Objections to eligibility of candidate or sufficiency of papers. When nomination papers have been duly filed and are in apparent conformity with § 17-14-11, they shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, unless written objections to them are made as to the eligibility of the candidate or the sufficiency of the nomination papers […]
§ 17-14-14. Hearings on objections — Witnesses — Notice. (a) All objections to nomination papers which are required to be filed with the secretary of state shall be considered by the state board. The secretary of state shall, when requested by the state board, immediately deliver to the board the nomination papers to which objection […]
§ 17-14-15. Withdrawal of candidacy. A person nominated as a candidate to be voted for at a primary or an independent candidate may withdraw his or her name from the nomination prior to the date of primary by a request signed and duly acknowledged by him or her setting forth the reason for the withdrawal, […]
§ 17-14-16. Certification of names of candidates to secretary of state. Following the determination of objections, if any, to the nomination papers, the state board or local board shall immediately certify to the secretary of state the names and addresses of all candidates who have filed valid nomination papers. History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, […]
§ 17-14-17. Replacement of deceased endorsed candidate. When an endorsed nominee as a candidate to be voted upon at any primary has deceased prior to the holding of the primary, the committee having the original authority to endorse the candidate shall substitute as the endorsed nominee for candidate to be voted upon at the primary […]
§ 17-14-17.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1978, ch. 243, § 2; P.L. 1981, ch. 375, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 243, § 1; Repealed by P.L. 1987, ch. 389, § 7, effective June 1, 1988.
§ 17-14-2. Candidate required to be a qualified voter in the primary. (a) No person shall be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy, or be eligible to be a candidate or be eligible to be voted for or to be nominated or elected in a party primary unless the person, at the time of […]
§ 17-14-2.1. Party candidates not eligible for independent nomination and independent candidates not eligible for party nomination. No person who has filed a declaration of candidacy as an independent candidate pursuant to § 17-14-1 for an office for which a party candidate may be nominated pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible to file a […]
§ 17-14-3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 7; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2476, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 17-14-3; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 9; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 9; Repealed by P.L. 2005, ch. 347, § 2, effective July […]
§ 17-14-4. Preparation of nomination papers for candidates — Combination of endorsed candidates — Furnishing of nomination papers to candidates. (a) Upon receipt of the declarations referred to in § 17-14-1, within two (2) business days of the final date for filing endorsements, the secretary of state for statewide candidates and the local board for […]
§ 17-14-4.1. Party committees — Nomination papers unnecessary. In the case of endorsed candidates for membership on all party committees, including state, town, city, district, or ward committees, nomination papers shall not be necessary. In this case, the filing of the endorsed slate of candidates by the particular committee shall be sufficient to nominate the […]
§ 17-14-5. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 8; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2476, § 7; G.L. 1956, § 17-14-5; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1961, ch. 70, § 3; P.L. 1962, ch. 191, § 2; P.L. 1974, ch. 36, § 2; Repealed by P.L. 1987, […]
§ 17-14-6. Statement at head of nomination papers. At the head of the space on the nomination papers where voters are to endorse their approval of the candidates shall be printed the following: “Each of the signers of this paper by so signing severally certifies that he or she is a voter in the area […]
