§ 17-9.1-1 Registration required to vote
§ 17-9.1-2 Duty of state board – Registration equipment – Forms
§ 17-9.1-2.1 Duplicate voter registration information
§ 17-9.1-3 Periods when boards receive registrations
§ 17-9.1-4.1 Registration drives at high schools
§ 17-9.1-5 Local registration agents
§ 17-9.1-5.1 Statewide registration agents
§ 17-9.1-5.2 Qualifications and jurisdiction of registration agents
§ 17-9.1-6 Form of registration cards – Confidentiality of place of registration
§ 17-9.1-7 Registration at the division of motor vehicles – Additional agencies
§ 17-9.1-8 Registration at designated agencies
§ 17-9.1-9 Registration by mail
§ 17-9.1-9.1 Shut-in voters, serviceperson’s dependents, or peace corps registrations
§ 17-9.1-10 Additional method of registering
§ 17-9.1-11 Certification of citizenship
§ 17-9.1-12 False certificates in registration
§ 17-9.1-13 Filing of registration cards – Transmittal to secretary of state
§ 17-9.1-14 Custody of registration cards
§ 17-9.1-15 Registration records public
§ 17-9.1-16 Procedure on change of address – Fail-safe voting provisions
§ 17-9.1-17 Reregistration – Notice to city or town of previous address
§ 17-9.1-17.1 Registration – Notice to jurisdiction of previous out-of-state address
§ 17-9.1-18 Change of name
§ 17-9.1-19 Single registration
§ 17-9.1-20 False affidavits
§ 17-9.1-21 Registration lists furnished to political parties
§ 17-9.1-22 Tampering with registration records
§ 17-9.1-23 Party designation
§ 17-9.1-24 Change of designation
§ 17-9.1-25 Acknowledgement of registration or change of address – Verification of residence
§ 17-9.1-26 Confirmation process – Verification of the address of registered voter
§ 17-9.1-27 Periodic updating of voter registration records
§ 17-9.1-28 Procedure on challenge of registration
§ 17-9.1-29 Penalty for unsubstantiated challenge
§ 17-9.1-30 Appeal of ruling by board of canvassers
§ 17-9.1-31 Voter registration advisory board
§ 17-9.1-32 Private voter registration – State departments and agencies
§ 17-9.1-33 Age
§ 17-9.1-34 Electronic registration of voters
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Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 17-9.1 - Registration of Voters

  • 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.
  • Answer: The formal written statement by a defendant responding to a civil complaint and setting forth the grounds for defense.
  • Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • 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
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • oath: includes affirmation; the word "sworn" includes affirmed; and the word "engaged" includes either sworn or affirmed. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-11
  • person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • 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