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Section 17-19-1. - Definitions. - § 17-19-1. Definitions. As used in this chapter, except as...
Section 17-19-2. - Voting equipment. - § 17-19-2. Voting equipment. Subject to the provisions of this...
Section 17-19-2.1. - New voting technology. - § 17-19-2.1. New voting technology. In the event the department...
Section 17-19-3. - Voting equipment and services — Specifications. - § 17-19-3. Voting equipment and services — Specifications. (a) The...
Section 17-19-3.1. - Repealed. - § 17-19-3.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1983, ch. 51, §...
Section 17-19-3.2. - Polling place accessibility for voters who are disabled or elderly. - § 17-19-3.2. Polling place accessibility for voters who are disabled...
Section 17-19-3.3. - Telephones at polling places. - § 17-19-3.3. Telephones at polling places. Every polling place shall...
Section 17-19-3.4. - Repealed. - § 17-19-3.4. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch. 129, §...
Section 17-19-3.5 - — 17-19-3.15. Repealed. - § 17-19-3.5 — 17-19-3.15. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1993, ch....
Section 17-19-4. - Voting booths and optical scan precinct count units — Number to be furnished. - § 17-19-4. Voting booths and optical scan precinct count units...
Section 17-19-4.1. - Repealed. - § 17-19-4.1. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1959, ch. 20, §...
Section 17-19-4.2. - Moderator request — Computerized voting machines. - § 17-19-4.2. Moderator request — Computerized voting machines. (a) Upon...
Section 17-19-5. - Printing and furnishing of computer ballots. - § 17-19-5. Printing and furnishing of computer ballots. The computer...
Section 17-19-6. - Ballot — Arrangement. - § 17-19-6. Ballot — Arrangement. In all cases where optical...
Section 17-19-6.1. - Local questions on the ballot. - § 17-19-6.1. Local questions on the ballot. In all circumstances...
Section 17-19-7. - Local candidates and questions — Certification — Ballots. - § 17-19-7. Local candidates and questions — Certification — Ballots....
Section 17-19-7.1. - Listing of at-large candidates. - § 17-19-7.1. Listing of at-large candidates. (a) In case of...
Section 17-19-7.2. - Names of candidates. - § 17-19-7.2. Names of candidates. In all elections, the names...
Section 17-19-8. - Ballots — Form. - § 17-19-8. Ballots — Form. All ballots provided under this...
Section 17-19-8.1. - Ballots for voters who are blind, visually impaired, or disabled. - § 17-19-8.1. Ballots for voters who are blind, visually impaired,...
Section 17-19-8.2. - State-of-the-art voting technology. - § 17-19-8.2. State-of-the-art voting technology. The office of the secretary...
Section 17-19-9. - Party emblems. - § 17-19-9. Party emblems. The emblem of the democratic party...
Section 17-19-9.1. - Ballot arrangement — Independent candidates. - § 17-19-9.1. Ballot arrangement — Independent candidates. In all state...
Section 17-19-10. - Sample ballots — Contents — Distribution. - § 17-19-10. Sample ballots — Contents — Distribution. The secretary...
Section 17-19-10.1. - Training and community outreach. - § 17-19-10.1. Training and community outreach. In furtherance of the...
Section 17-19-11. - Election return forms — Contents. - § 17-19-11. Election return forms — Contents. (a) The state...
Section 17-19-12. - Delivery of election supplies. - § 17-19-12. Delivery of election supplies. All printed matter, stationery,...
Section 17-19-13. - Exhibition of machines for instructional purposes. - § 17-19-13. Exhibition of machines for instructional purposes. The local...
Section 17-19-14. - Preparation of voting equipment for election — Testing. - § 17-19-14. Preparation of voting equipment for election — Testing....
Section 17-19-15. - Repealed. - § 17-19-15. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 318, §...
Section 17-19-16. - State election inspectors — Appointment — Duties — Training — Compensation. - § 17-19-16. State election inspectors — Appointment — Duties —...
Section 17-19-17. - Custody of optical scan precinct count units and voting booths — Duties of local boards — Posting of sample ballots. - § 17-19-17. Custody of optical scan precinct count units and...
Section 17-19-18. - Examination of voting equipment prior to opening of polls. - § 17-19-18. Examination of voting equipment prior to opening of...
Section 17-19-19. - Custody of machines during voting. - § 17-19-19. Custody of machines during voting. During the time...
Section 17-19-20. - Repair or replacement of defective machines. - § 17-19-20. Repair or replacement of defective machines. If an...
Section 17-19-21. - Arrangement of polling places — Election officials — Police officers. - § 17-19-21. Arrangement of polling places — Election officials —...
Section 17-19-21.1. - Polling place bake sales. - § 17-19-21.1. Polling place bake sales. Bake sales may be...
Section 17-19-22. - Party checkers, runners, and watchers. - § 17-19-22. Party checkers, runners, and watchers. The officers required...
Section 17-19-22.1. - Bilingual poll workers. - § 17-19-22.1. Bilingual poll workers. Any board which determines that...
Section 17-19-23. - Wardens and supervisors — Powers and duties. - § 17-19-23. Wardens and supervisors — Powers and duties. The...
Section 17-19-23.1. - Certification and appointment of election officials. - § 17-19-23.1. Certification and appointment of election officials. (a) All...
Section 17-19-23.2. - Compensation of election officials. - § 17-19-23.2. Compensation of election officials. Cities and towns are...
Section 17-19-23.3. - Repealed. - § 17-19-23.3. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 383, §...
Section 17-19-24. - Procedure for voting. - § 17-19-24. Procedure for voting. (a) Each person desiring to...
Section 17-19-24.1. - Provisional voting under the Help America Vote Act of 2002. - § 17-19-24.1. Provisional voting under the Help America Vote Act...
Section 17-19-24.2. - Voter identification. - § 17-19-24.2. Voter identification. (a) Beginning on January 1, 2012,...
Section 17-19-24.3. - Provisional ballot procedures. - § 17-19-24.3. Provisional ballot procedures. (a) At all elections, a...
Section 17-19-25. - Certified voting list — Duty of bipartisan supervisor. - § 17-19-25. Certified voting list — Duty of bipartisan supervisor....
Section 17-19-26. - Models for instruction — Assistance to voters in marking their ballot. - § 17-19-26. Models for instruction — Assistance to voters in...
Section 17-19-26.1. - Voting assistance. - § 17-19-26.1. Voting assistance. (a) Any voter who requires assistance...
Section 17-19-27. - Challenge of identity as to right to vote. - § 17-19-27. Challenge of identity as to right to vote....
Section 17-19-28. - Repealed. - § 17-19-28. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 313, §...
Section 17-19-29. - Repealed. - § 17-19-29. Repealed. History of Section.P.L. 1951 (s.s.), ch. 2870,...
Section 17-19-30. - Voters who register by making a mark rather than signature. - § 17-19-30. Voters who register by making a mark rather...
Section 17-19-31. - Irregular ballots. - § 17-19-31. Irregular ballots. Ballots voted for any person whose...
Section 17-19-32. - Recording and signing of returns. - § 17-19-32. Recording and signing of returns. Immediately upon the...
Section 17-19-33. - Sealing of voting equipment — Sealing and forwarding of results, programmed memory devices and keys. - § 17-19-33. Sealing of voting equipment — Sealing and forwarding...
Section 17-19-34. - Declaration of results and certificates of election in towns not divided into districts. - § 17-19-34. Declaration of results and certificates of election in...
Section 17-19-35. - Guarding optical scan precinct count units until resumption of custody by board. - § 17-19-35. Guarding optical scan precinct count units until resumption...
Section 17-19-36. - Tabulation of town returns — Certificate of election. - § 17-19-36. Tabulation of town returns — Certificate of election....
Section 17-19-37. - Tabulation of state returns — Certificate of election. - § 17-19-37. Tabulation of state returns — Certificate of election....
Section 17-19-37.1. - Recount eligibility — Candidates for public office. - § 17-19-37.1. Recount eligibility — Candidates for public office. A...
Section 17-19-37.2. - Recount eligibility — Write-in candidates for public office. - § 17-19-37.2. Recount eligibility — Write-in candidates for public office....
Section 17-19-37.3. - Recount eligibility — Ballot questions and other offices. - § 17-19-37.3. Recount eligibility — Ballot questions and other offices....
Section 17-19-37.4. - Post-election audits. - § 17-19-37.4. Post-election audits. (a) The general assembly hereby finds,...
Section 17-19-38. - Custody of optical scan precinct count units pending return to storage. - § 17-19-38. Custody of optical scan precinct count units pending...
Section 17-19-39. - Power to open voting equipment. - § 17-19-39. Power to open voting equipment. The state board...
Section 17-19-39.1. - Voted ballot storage and security. - § 17-19-39.1. Voted ballot storage and security. (a) Voted computer...
Section 17-19-40. - Repealed. - § 17-19-40. Repealed. History of Section.G.L. 1938, ch. 318, §§...
Section 17-19-41. - Violations by public officers. - § 17-19-41. Violations by public officers. Any public officer upon...
Section 17-19-42. - Tampering with voting equipment. - § 17-19-42. Tampering with voting equipment. Any person, not being...
Section 17-19-43. - Tampering with sample ballot. - § 17-19-43. Tampering with sample ballot. Every person who willfully...
Section 17-19-44. - Officer tampering with voting equipment. - § 17-19-44. Officer tampering with voting equipment. Any person having...
Section 17-19-45. - Fraudulent election returns. - § 17-19-45. Fraudulent election returns. Any election or primary officer...
Section 17-19-46. - False instructions as to marking a computer ballot and the operation of optical scan precinct count units. - § 17-19-46. False instructions as to marking a computer ballot...
Section 17-19-47. - Improper possession of voting equipment keys or duplicates. - § 17-19-47. Improper possession of voting equipment keys or duplicates....
Section 17-19-48. - Posting of original voter registration records. - § 17-19-48. Posting of original voter registration records. Following the...
Section 17-19-49. - Political literature and influence. - § 17-19-49. Political literature and influence. No poster, paper, circular,...
Section 17-19-50. - Candidates listing on ballot. - § 17-19-50. Candidates listing on ballot. No candidate for any...
Section 17-19-51. - Priority for elderly voters. - § 17-19-51. Priority for elderly voters. At each polling place,...
Section 17-19-52. - Priority for disabled voters. - § 17-19-52. Priority for disabled voters. Whenever a voter appears...
Section 17-19-53. - Voter accompanied by children within voting booth. - § 17-19-53. Voter accompanied by children within voting booth. Nothing...
Section 17-19-54. - Bilingual voting material requirements. - § 17-19-54. Bilingual voting material requirements. (a) Pursuant to Section...