§ 17-11-17. Telephone — Polling place.
If there is a telephone within a polling place, then the owner of the building in which the polling place is located shall allow use of the telephone for official business by the warden, clerk, and state inspector during the period beginning one hour before the opening of the polling place and ending one hour after the closing of the polling place. The local board of canvassers shall be required to reimburse the owner of the building for that portion of any telephone bill resulting from the use of the telephone by any of the election officials mentioned in this section.
History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 283, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 17-11 - Voting Districts and Officials
Section 17-11-1. - Division of towns and representative district into voting districts.
Section 17-11-1.1. - Combination of voting districts for special election.
Section 17-11-2. - Notice of division or redivision of districts.
Section 17-11-3 - — 17-11-5. Repealed.
Section 17-11-6. - Appointment of district moderators and clerks in cities or towns.
Section 17-11-7.1. - Pool of election officials.
Section 17-11-7.2. - Repealed.
Section 17-11-8. - Qualifications of moderators and clerks — Vacancies.
Section 17-11-9. - Election of moderator or clerk pro tempore.
Section 17-11-10. - Filling of vacancies by town council.
Section 17-11-11. - Selection of wardens and clerks in cities.
Section 17-11-12. - Qualifications of election officials — Vacancies.
Section 17-11-12.1. - High school election officials.
Section 17-11-13. - Appointment and compensation of supervisors.
Section 17-11-14. - Supervision of all elections on same day.
Section 17-11-15. - Persons ineligible to serve as election officials.