§ 17-9.1-5. Local registration agents.
(a) The several local boards shall appoint a sufficient number of agents who shall serve throughout each year for the purpose of receiving registrations of persons residing in the city or town in which the agent was appointed to act. The agents shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties, shall be subject to removal by the local board, and shall have power to accept registrations on Sundays and at any other time or place designated by the local board, whether in or out of the presence of the members of the local board. In addition, all members of the general assembly shall have the power to accept registration on Sundays and any other day, and the local boards of canvassers shall provide all registration forms to the general assembly members.
(b) The several local boards or their agents shall additionally hold a special registration session in any factory, mill, wholesale or retail or other employing establishment, or hospital, home for aged, or convalescent home within their city or town in the even numbered years on or before July 5th for the state primary, and on or before August 5th for the state election, if in the case of the primary a request for the special registration session is made during the months of May or June, and in the case of the election a request for the special registration is made during the months of June and July by ten (10) or more voters of the city or town filing a petition with the local board for the holding of a special registration session in the factory, mill, wholesale or retail or other employing establishment, or hospital, home for aged, or convalescent home, signed by them with their names and addresses as they appear on voting lists of the city or town, and stating that ten (10) or more persons employed in the factory, mill, wholesale or retail or other employing establishment, or convalescent home desire and are entitled to be registered in the city or town. The special registration session shall then be held if, at the time the petition is filed, the local board is in receipt of permission in writing from the tenant, or, if there is no tenant, from the owner of the factory, mill, wholesale or retail or other employing establishment, or the operator of the hospital, home for aged, or convalescent home to use their premises for the purpose of holding the special session.
History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 171, § 4.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 17-9.1 - Registration of Voters
Section 17-9.1-1. - Registration required to vote.
Section 17-9.1-2. - Duty of state board — Registration equipment — Forms.
Section 17-9.1-2.1. - Duplicate voter registration information.
Section 17-9.1-3. - Periods when boards receive registrations.
Section 17-9.1-4.1. - Registration drives at high schools.
Section 17-9.1-4.2. - Repealed.
Section 17-9.1-5. - Local registration agents.
Section 17-9.1-5.1. - Statewide registration agents.
Section 17-9.1-5.2. - Qualifications and jurisdiction of registration agents.
Section 17-9.1-6. - Form of registration cards — Confidentiality of place of registration.
Section 17-9.1-7. - Registration at the division of motor vehicles — Additional agencies.
Section 17-9.1-8. - Registration at designated agencies.
Section 17-9.1-9. - Registration by mail.
Section 17-9.1-9.1. - Shut-in voters, serviceperson’s dependents, or peace corps registrations.
Section 17-9.1-10. - Additional method of registering.
Section 17-9.1-11. - Certification of citizenship.
Section 17-9.1-12. - False certificates in registration.
Section 17-9.1-13. - Filing of registration cards — Transmittal to secretary of state.
Section 17-9.1-14. - Custody of registration cards.
Section 17-9.1-15. - Registration records public.
Section 17-9.1-16. - Procedure on change of address — Fail-safe voting provisions.
Section 17-9.1-17. - Reregistration — Notice to city or town of previous address.
Section 17-9.1-17.1. - Registration — Notice to jurisdiction of previous out-of-state address.
Section 17-9.1-18. - Change of name.
Section 17-9.1-19. - Single registration.
Section 17-9.1-20. - False affidavits.
Section 17-9.1-21. - Registration lists furnished to political parties.
Section 17-9.1-22. - Tampering with registration records.
Section 17-9.1-23. - Party designation.
Section 17-9.1-24. - Change of designation.
Section 17-9.1-26. - Confirmation process — Verification of the address of registered voter.
Section 17-9.1-27. - Periodic updating of voter registration records.
Section 17-9.1-28. - Procedure on challenge of registration.
Section 17-9.1-29. - Penalty for unsubstantiated challenge.
Section 17-9.1-30. - Appeal of ruling by board of canvassers.
Section 17-9.1-31. - Voter registration advisory board.
Section 17-9.1-32. - Private voter registration — State departments and agencies.