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2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 17 - Elections
CHAPTER 17-19 - Conduct of Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies
- § 17-19-1 - Definitions.
- § 17-19-2 - Voting equipment.
- § 17-19-2.1 - New voting technology Declaration of purpose.
- § 17-19-3 - Voting equipment and services Specifications.
- § 17-19-3.1 - [Repealed.].
- § 17-19-3.2 - Polling place accessibility for voters who are disabled or elderly.
- § 17-19-3.3 - Telephones at polling places.
- § 17-19-3.4 - [Repealed.].
- § 17-19-3.5 - 17-19-3.15. [Repealed.].
- § 17-19-4 - Voting booths and optical scan precinct count units Number to be furnished.
- § 17-19-4.1 - [Repealed.].
- § 17-19-4.2 - Moderator request Computerized voting machines.
- § 17-19-5 - Printing and furnishing of computer ballots.
- § 17-19-6 - Ballot Arrangement.
- § 17-19-6.1 - Local questions on the ballot.
- § 17-19-7 - Local candidates and questions Certification Ballots.
- § 17-19-7.1 - Listing of at-large candidates.
- § 17-19-7.2 - Names of candidates.
- § 17-19-8 - Ballots Form.
- § 17-19-8.1 - Ballots for voters who are blind, visually impaired or disabled.
- § 17-19-8.2 - State-of-the-art voting technology.
- § 17-19-9 - Party emblems.
- § 17-19-9.1 - Ballot arrangement Independent candidates.
- § 17-19-10 - Sample ballots Contents Distribution.
- § 17-19-11 - Election return forms Contents.
- § 17-19-12 - Delivery of election supplies.
- § 17-19-13 - Exhibition of machines for instructional purposes.
- § 17-19-14 - Preparation of voting equipment for election Testing.
- § 17-19-15 - Party levers.
- § 17-19-16 - State election inspectors Appointment Duties Training Compensation.
- § 17-19-17 - Custody of optical scan precinct count units and voting booths Duties of local boards Posting of sample ballots.
- § 17-19-18 - Examination of voting equipment prior to opening of polls.
- § 17-19-19 - Custody of machines during voting.
- § 17-19-20 - Repair or replacement of defective machines.
- § 17-19-21 - Arrangement of polling places Election officials Police officers.
- § 17-19-22 - Party checkers, runners, and watchers.
- § 17-19-22.1 - Bilingual poll workers.
- § 17-19-23 - Wardens and supervisors Powers and duties.
- § 17-19-23.1 - Certification and appointment of election officials.
- § 17-19-23.2 - Compensation of election officials.
- § 17-19-23.3 - [Repealed.].
- § 17-19-24 - Procedure for voting.
- § 17-19-24.1 - Provisional voting under the Help America Vote Act of 2002.
- § 17-19-25 - Certified voting list Duty of bipartisan supervisor.
- § 17-19-26 - Models for instruction Assistance to voters in marking their ballot.
- § 17-19-26.1 - Voting assistance.
- § 17-19-27 - Challenge of identity as to right to vote.
- § 17-19-28 - , 17-19-29. [Repealed.].
- § 17-19-30 - Voters who register by making a mark rather than signature.
- § 17-19-31 - Irregular ballots.
- § 17-19-32 - Recording and signing of returns.
- § 17-19-33 - Sealing of voting equipment Sealing and forwarding of results, programmed memory cartridges and keys.
- § 17-19-34 - Declaration of results and certificates of election in towns not divided into districts.
- § 17-19-35 - Guarding optical scan precinct count units until resumption of custody by board.
- § 17-19-36 - Tabulation of town returns Certificate of election.
- § 17-19-37 - Tabulation of state returns Certificate of election.
- § 17-19-37.1 - Recount eligibility Candidates for public office.
- § 17-19-37.2 - Recount eligibility Write-in candidates for public office.
- § 17-19-37.3 - Recount eligibility Ballot questions and other offices.
- § 17-19-38 - Custody of optical scan precinct count units pending return to storage.
- § 17-19-39 - Power to open voting equipment.
- § 17-19-39.1 - Voted ballot storage and security.
- § 17-19-40 - [Repealed.].
- § 17-19-41 - Violations by public officers.
- § 17-19-42 - Tampering with voting equipment.
- § 17-19-43 - Tampering with sample ballot.
- § 17-19-44 - Officer tampering with voting equipment.
- § 17-19-45 - Fraudulent election returns.
- § 17-19-46 - False instructions as to marking a computer ballot and the operation of optical scan precinct count units.
- § 17-19-47 - Improper possession of voting equipment keys or duplicates.
- § 17-19-48 - Posting of original voter registration records.
- § 17-19-49 - Political literature and influence.
- § 17-19-50 - Candidates listing on ballot.
- § 17-19-51 - Priority for elderly voters.
- § 17-19-52 - Priority for disabled voters.
- § 17-19-53 - Voter accompanied by children within voting booth.
- § 17-19-54 - Bilingual voting material requirements.
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