§ 17-9.1-1. Registration required to vote. No person shall be a qualified voter at any election unless that person is registered under the authority of this chapter or pursuant to any other provisions of this title. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 171, § 4.
§ 17-9.1-10. Additional method of registering. (a) In addition to the methods for registering to vote provided in §§ 17-9.1-7, 17-9.1-8, 17-9.1-9, and 17-9.1-34, whenever any person who is, or may be, by the next election qualified to vote desires to register, that person may appear before the local board of the city or town […]
§ 17-9.1-11. Certification of citizenship. Before the name of any person shall be placed on the voting list, the person shall, at the time of registration, certify or declare that the person is a citizen of the United States. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 171, § 4.
§ 17-9.1-12. False certificates in registration. Every person who knowingly and willfully makes any false certificate or declaration in registering his or her name pursuant to the provisions of this chapter or who knowingly and willfully makes any false statement in any affirmation or confirmation form or who, acting in the capacity of a voter […]
§ 17-9.1-13. Filing of registration cards — Transmittal to secretary of state. (a) The original registration cards shall be arranged and maintained in alphabetical order by surname for the entire city or town and shall be filed in suitable containers. Any duplicate set of cards shall be maintained at the discretion of the local canvassing […]
§ 17-9.1-14. Custody of registration cards. The containers of the original and any duplicate registration cards in the possession of the local board and the keys to the containers shall be kept in the custody of the local board, and these containers shall remain securely locked at all times and shall be opened only by […]
§ 17-9.1-15. Registration records public. (a) Except as otherwise provided in § 17-9.1-6, the original and any duplicate registration cards shall be public records and shall be open to public inspection and copying at all reasonable times. (b) Except where confidentiality is otherwise required under other provisions of this title, all other records concerning the […]
§ 17-9.1-16. Procedure on change of address — Fail-safe voting provisions. (a) Change of address within the same city or town. (1) A registered voter who has moved from a residence address within a voting district to another residence address within the same voting district and who has not notified the local board of the […]
§ 17-9.1-17. Reregistration — Notice to city or town of previous address. (a) A voter may register in a city or town into which he or she has moved whether or not the voter has notified the board of the city or town in which the voter was last registered of the voter’s change of […]
§ 17-9.1-17.1. Registration — Notice to jurisdiction of previous out-of-state address. The secretary of state shall, upon receiving a voter’s new registration, notify the appropriate election official of the newly registered voter’s last place of residence only if it is located outside the state of Rhode Island. History of Section.P.L. 2018, ch. 42, § 1; […]
§ 17-9.1-18. Change of name. Any registered voter whose name has been changed by marriage or court action shall be entitled to have the change of name recorded on the registration records of the local board, and upon the recording, shall be entitled to vote thereafter under the changed name. The local board shall immediately […]
§ 17-9.1-19. Single registration. (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require any voter to reregister if he or she is already registered in the city or town in which the voter has his or her residence, as defined in § 17-1-3.1. A voter shall have no more than one voter registration. Any […]
§ 17-9.1-2. Duty of state board — Registration equipment — Forms. It shall be the duty of the state board to prescribe the style, color, quality, and dimensions of all registration forms, containers, and other equipment required to provide for the permanent registration of voters, and for filing and safekeeping of the registration forms, and […]
§ 17-9.1-2.1. Duplicate voter registration information. Any local board may adopt an alternative form and means for obtaining and retaining duplicative voter registration information which is approved by the state board of elections. The form shall provide for the information required by § 17-9.1-6 and shall be kept in the order specified by §§ 17-9.1-13 […]
§ 17-9.1-20. False affidavits. Every person who makes a false affidavit under this chapter shall be guilty of a felony. History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 171, § 4.
§ 17-9.1-21. Registration lists furnished to political parties. The local boards shall not more than once a month, if requested to do so by the state and/or city or town chairperson of any political party, or any state or local office holder or declared candidate for public office, furnish without cost and without unreasonable delay […]
§ 17-9.1-22. Tampering with registration records. Every person who willfully and without lawful authority destroys, secretes, removes, defaces, alters, tampers, or meddles with the original or any duplicate registration card after any entry has been lawfully made in it, or any official list of registered voters compiled from the registration cards to be used by […]
§ 17-9.1-23. Party designation. (a) Whenever any person registers to vote, that person may designate his or her party affiliation, or that person may designate that he or she is not affiliated with any political party. The information shall be recorded on a form prescribed by the state board of elections. (b) Any person who […]
§ 17-9.1-24. Change of designation. (a) Any person who has designated his or her party affiliation pursuant to § 17-9.1-23 may change the designation on or before the thirtieth day preceding any primary election for which the person is eligible. Whenever any person desires to change his or her party designation, that person shall submit […]
§ 17-9.1-25. Acknowledgement of registration or change of address — Verification of residence. (a) The local board of each city or town shall mail an acknowledgement notice to each newly registered voter and to each voter who changes his or her voting residence within seven (7) days after receipt of the registration or change of […]
