§ 17-8-1. Appointment of bipartisan authority. The legislative body of each city and town shall appoint a bipartisan canvassing authority of three (3) qualified electors of the city or town, not more than two (2) of whom shall belong to the same political party, and may appoint two (2) alternate members, not more than one […]
§ 17-8-10. Publication of local questions to be submitted to voters. (a) Prior to each local election at which public questions are to be submitted, the local board shall cause to be prominently posted in at least three (3) local public locations and advertised at least once in a newspaper of local circulation, or in […]
§ 17-8-2. Term and qualifications for office. Each member of a local canvassing authority shall be appointed to serve for a term of six (6) years beginning on the first Monday of March succeeding the date of his or her appointment and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. No person shall be […]
§ 17-8-3. Compensation. Each member of a local board shall receive any compensation that may be provided by the governing body of each city or town; provided, that in the several towns where no other provision is made for compensation, each member of the local board shall be paid by that member’s respective town five […]
§ 17-8-4. Oath of office of members. Each person appointed as a member of a local board shall, before entering upon his or her duties, be sworn to the faithful performance of those duties, and a record of the oath shall be kept by the clerk of the board. History of Section.P.L. 1951 (s.s.), ch. […]
§ 17-8-5. Local boards — Powers and duties — Quorum. (a) Each canvassing authority shall have and exercise the functions, powers, and duties provided for local boards by this title or by any law not inconsistent with this title. It shall: (1) Select one of its members as presiding officer and another as clerk of […]
§ 17-8-6. Fees in cities other than Cranston and Woonsocket. The local boards in the cities of Providence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Newport, and Warwick shall not retain to their own use any of the fees now allowed by law to recording and certifying officers, but shall charge and collect the statutory fees for any record, […]
§ 17-8-7. Power of boards to administer oaths and subpoena evidence — Self-incrimination — False swearing. The members of the local boards are severally authorized to administer oaths, and the boards, in all cases of every nature pending before them, are authorized and empowered to summon witnesses by subpoena signed by the clerk of those […]
§ 17-8-8. General penalty clause. Every person who violates any provision of this chapter, unless another penalty is provided in this chapter, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 312, § 38; P.L. 1940, ch. 819, § 4; P.L. 1940, ch. 819, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 17-8-22; G.L. 1956, § […]
§ 17-8-9. Local boards open on election day. In addition to duties as otherwise fixed by law, it shall be the duty of the local board to keep open on all election days, from the hour fixed for the opening of the polls until the hour fixed for the closing of the polls, and to […]
