§ 17-19-1 Definitions
§ 17-19-2 Voting equipment
§ 17-19-2.1 New voting technology
§ 17-19-3 Voting equipment and services – Specifications
§ 17-19-3.2 Polling place accessibility for voters who are disabled or elderly
§ 17-19-3.3 Telephones at polling places
§ 17-19-4 Voting booths and optical scan precinct count units – Number to be furnished
§ 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
§ 17-19-10.1 Training and community outreach
§ 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
§ 17-19-16 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
§ 17-19-21.1 Polling place bake sales
§ 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
§ 17-19-24 Procedure for voting
§ 17-19-24.1 Provisional voting under the Help America Vote Act of 2002
§ 17-19-24.2 Voter identification
§ 17-19-24.3 Provisional ballot procedures
§ 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
§ 17-19-30 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 devices 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
§ 17-19-37.4 Post-election audits
§ 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
§ 17-19-41 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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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 17-19 - Conduct of Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Candidate: means any individual who has qualified under law to have his or her name appear on the ballot for nomination for election or election to office;

    (2)  "Computer ballot" means the paper ballot prepared by the office of the secretary of state for use in conjunction with the optical-scan precinct-count system or the voting equipment precinct-count system then in place and procured in accordance with this chapter;

    (3)  "Public office" means any state, municipal, school, or district office or other position that is filled by popular election, except political party offices which shall mean any state, city, town, ward, or representative or senatorial district committee office of a political party or delegate to a political party convention, or any similar office;

    (4)  A "Vote" shall be any mark made with the appropriate marking device within the ballot voting area between the head and tail of the arrow or in the oval as indicated on the computer ballot next to the candidate, write-in candidate, or question, as is applicable, for whom the voter casts his or her ballot, except as provided in § 17-20-24;

    (5)  "Voting equipment" means an optical-scan precinct-count voting system or the voting equipment precinct-count system then in place and procured in accordance with this chapter, related memory device, all related hardware and software, accessible voting systems required by federal law, and voting booths;

    (6)  "Warden" includes moderator and vice versa; and

    (7)  "Write-in candidate" means any individual receiving votes or seeking election to office by virtue of having irregular ballots cast for him or her pursuant to § 17-19-31. See Rhode Island General Laws 17-19-1

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • in writing: include printing, engraving, lithographing, and photo-lithographing, and all other representations of words in letters of the usual form. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-16
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • seal: shall be construed to include an impression of the seal made with or without the use of wax or wafer on the paper. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-15
  • town: may be construed to include city; the words "town council" include city council; the words "town clerk" include city clerk; the words "ward clerk" include clerk of election district; the words "town treasurer" include city treasurer; and the words "town sergeant" include city sergeant. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-9
  • United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8
  • Warden: includes moderator and vice versa; and

    (7)  "Write-in candidate" means any individual receiving votes or seeking election to office by virtue of having irregular ballots cast for him or her pursuant to § 17-19-31. See Rhode Island General Laws 17-19-1