Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 19 - Voter Registration (410-RICR-20-00-19) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-19.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
A. "Board of canvassers" or "Local board"
				  means the board of canvassers in a city or town.
B. "Board of Elections" or "State board"
				  means the Rhode Island Board of Elections.
C. "CVRS" or "Central voter registration
				  system" shall mean the single, unified, centralized, interactive computerized
				  statewide voter registration system maintained and administered by the Office
				  of the Secretary of State. The CVRS shall be the official voter registration
				  system utilized by local boards of canvassers for the conduct of all federal,
				  state and local elections in Rhode Island and shall include the name and
				  registration information for every registered voter in the state.
D. "Current" and "valid" means the document
				  has not expired by its terms prior to the date it is presented.
E. "Election day" means any time the polls
				  are open for the conduct of an election, primary, or referendum.
F. "Election official" means the Board of
				  Elections and its designees, the local boards of canvassers and its designees,
				  including but not limited to, Moderator/ Wardens, Clerks and
				  Supervisors.
G. "Government agency"
				  means any governmental agency of a city, town, state or the United
				  States.
H. "Recognized political
				  party" means a political party that has met the recognition requirements of
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-1-2(9).
I. "Secretary of State" or "Secretary" means
				  the Office of the Secretary of State of Rhode Island.
J. "Rhode Island state ID" means an
				  identification card issued by the Rhode Island Division of Motor
				  Vehicles.
K. "Voter identification
				  number" or "Voter ID number" means the number assigned to each registered voter
				  by the CVRS.
L. "Voter registration
				  agency" means an office designated by the State Board to perform voter
				  registration activities. Offices so designated include: Board Of Elections;
				  Office of the Secretary of State; local Boards of Canvassers; Division of Motor
				  Vehicles; Department of Corrections; Department of Human Services; Department
				  of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals;
				  Department of Health Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program; United States
				  armed forces (subject to procedures developed by the State Board in cooperation
				  with the United States Department of Defense); offices in the state that
				  provide state funded programs primarily engaged in providing services to
				  persons with disabilities, in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-9.1-8(a)(2);
				  state or local government offices such as public libraries, public schools,
				  offices of city and town clerks (including marriage license bureaus); fishing
				  and hunting license bureaus; government revenue offices; unemployment
				  compensation offices; and offices not described in subdivision R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
										17-9.1-8(a)(2) of
				  this section that provide services to persons with disabilities, in accordance
				  with R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-9.1-8(b)(1),
				  federal and nongovernmental offices, with agreement of those offices, in
				  accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-9.1 - 8(b)(2),and any other offices
				  designated by the State Board.