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Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 10 - Nomination Papers - Affidavit of Person Obtaining Signatures (410-RICR-20-00-10) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-10.5 - Implementation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Board of Elections may promulgate
				  procedures and forms necessary to implement the within rules and regulations
				  required under the Rhode Island General Laws.
B. These rules and regulations were adopted
				  at a meeting of the State Board of Elections held on the 24th day of March 2010
				  pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-1, et seq.). By Order of the
				  Rhode Island Board of Elections.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 11 - Local Canvassing Authorities - Party Affiliation (410-RICR-20-00-11) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-11.1

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Rhode Island Board of Elections hereby
				  adopts rules and regulations for local canvassing authorities - party
				  affiliation pursuant to and in accordance with R.I Gen. Laws §§
										17-8-1 et seq., 17-9.1-23 and
				  17-9.1-24.
B. Said rules and
				  regulations are adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §
										42-35-1 et seq.) and are available
				  for public inspection at the offices of the Rhode Island Board of Elections, 50
				  Branch Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 11 - Local Canvassing Authorities - Party Affiliation (410-RICR-20-00-11) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-11.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
This rule is adopted by the Board of Elections to ensure
					 that all Local Canvassing Authorities are bipartisan in composition, and to
					 enforce the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-8-1 et seq.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 11 - Local Canvassing Authorities - Party Affiliation (410-RICR-20-00-11) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-11.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
"Party member/affiliation" means any person who is a
					 member of a designated political party pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-9.1-23.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 11 - Local Canvassing Authorities - Party Affiliation (410-RICR-20-00-11) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-11.4 - Appointment and Composition of Local Canvassing Authorities

Current through June 14, 2024
The legislative body of each city and town shall appoint a
					 bipartisan canvassing authority of three (3) qualified electors of the city or
					 town, not more than two (2) of whom shall belong to the same political party,
					 and may appoint two (2) alternate members, not more than one of whom shall
					 belong to the same political party. At any meeting of the canvassing authority
					 at which a member is to be absent, the member may request that an alternate
					 replace him or her for that meeting; provided that the alternate member must be
					 of the same political party as the member. The mayor or the president of the
					 town council shall nominate the members of the canvassing authority from lists
					 of party voters submitted by the respective chairpersons of the city or town
					 political committee, which lists shall contain the names of five (5) times the
					 number of persons to be appointed. If the legislative body refuses to approve
					 the nomination of any person to the canvassing authority, the mayor or the
					 president shall submit to the legislative body another person named on one of
					 the lists, and so on until a person is appointed. If the chairperson of the
					 city or town committee of a political party entitled to an appointment fails or
					 refuses to submit a list, the mayor or the president shall nominate any party
					 voter of the political party entitled to the appointment.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 11 - Local Canvassing Authorities - Party Affiliation (410-RICR-20-00-11) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-11.5 - Term and Qualifications for Office

Current through June 14, 2024
Each member of a local canvassing authority shall be
					 appointed to serve for a term of six (6) years beginning on the first Monday of
					 March succeeding the date of his or her appointment and until his or her
					 successor is elected and qualified. No person shall be appointed or serve as a
					 member of the authority who is an officer or employee of the United States or
					 of this state, or who is an officer or employee of the authority's city or
					 town. The disqualification of a member shall take effect immediately, upon
					 commencing employment or office with the United States, this state or the
					 authority's city or town, provided that in any city a member of the authority
					 may be employed as its clerk.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 11 - Local Canvassing Authorities - Party Affiliation (410-RICR-20-00-11) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-11.6 - Party Affiliation of Members Appointed to the Local Canvassing Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
Members of the Local Canvassing Authority must maintain
					 their party affiliation for the duration of their membership. If a member
					 changes party affiliation during his or her tenure, he or she shall be
					 disqualified from holding membership upon the authority and his or her
					 successor shall be immediately elected. The disqualification of the member
					 shall take effect immediately, upon the filing of the papers changing his or
					 her party affiliation. No further action is required to effectuate the
					 disqualification from holding membership upon the authority.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 11 - Local Canvassing Authorities - Party Affiliation (410-RICR-20-00-11) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-11.7 - Authority Member becoming a Candidate for Public Office

Current through June 14, 2024
Any member of the authority who becomes a candidate for
					 election to any public office and who fails to file a declination of the
					 candidacy within the time allowed by law shall be disqualified from holding
					 membership upon the authority and his or her successor shall be immediately
					 elected.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 11 - Local Canvassing Authorities - Party Affiliation (410-RICR-20-00-11) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-11.8 - Implementation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Board of Elections may promulgate
				  procedures and forms necessary to implement the within rules and regulations
				  required under the Rhode Island General Laws.
B. These rules and regulations were adopted
				  at a meeting of the State Board of Elections held on the Eleventh day of
				  January, 2012 pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws
				  42-35-1, et seq.). By Order of the
				  Rhode Island Board of Elections.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 12 - Polling Place Conduct (410-RICR-20-00-12) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-12.1

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Rhode Island Board of Elections hereby
				  adopts rules and regulations relating to polling place conduct pursuant to and
				  in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										17-15-26,
				  17-19-21,
				  17-19-21.1,
				  17-19-22,
				  17-19-23,
				  17-19-24,
				  17-19-27,
				  17-19-49,
				  17-23-15 and
				  17-23-17.
B. Said rules and regulations are adopted
				  pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35 et
				  seq.) and are available for public inspection at the offices of the Rhode
				  Island Board of Elections, 50 Branch Avenue, Providence, Rhode
				  Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 12 - Polling Place Conduct (410-RICR-20-00-12) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-12.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
This rule is adopted by the Board of Elections to ensure
					 the orderly conduct of elections, and enforce the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws
					 §§
										17-11-15,
					 17-15-26,
					 17-19-21,
					 17-19-21.1,
					 17-19-22,
					 17-19-23,
					 17-19-24,
					 17-19-27,
					 17-19-49,
					 17-23-15 and
					 17-23-17.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 12 - Polling Place Conduct (410-RICR-20-00-12) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-12.4 - Open Elections

Current through June 14, 2024
The public may be present in the polling place to observe
					 the conduct of an election. Only voters and election officials are allowed in
					 the Railed or Enclosed Voting Area. No person(s) may willfully hinder the
					 orderly conduct of an election.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 12 - Polling Place Conduct (410-RICR-20-00-12) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-12.5 - Table and Chairs Provided for Party Representatives

Current through June 14, 2024
A table and chairs must be provided outside the enclosed
					 space by the city/town for the party representatives known as Checkers and
					 Watchers. In the absence of party representatives, the public may use the table
					 and chairs.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 12 - Polling Place Conduct (410-RICR-20-00-12) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-12.6 - Polling Place Conduct

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Political
				  Literature and Influence
1. Outside the
				  Polling Place
a. No person - other than a
				  person in the act of voting - shall be allowed to display or distribute any
				  poster, paper, circular, campaign or political party button, badge or other
				  document or item designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat any candidate
				  for public office or any political party on any question submitted to the
				  voters within fifty (50) feet of the entrance or entrances to the Polling
				  Place.
b. No person shall conduct
				  any form of poll or survey of voter opinion or voter conduct within a Polling
				  Place or within fifty (50) feet from the entrance or entrances to any Polling
				  Place.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 12 - Polling Place Conduct (410-RICR-20-00-12) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-12.7 - Procedures for Maintaining Order at the Polling Place

Current through June 14, 2024
A. A Warden/Moderator may cause to be removed
				  or arrested any person or official who commits a violation of the election law
				  in their presence or disturbs the conduct of the voting, including any conduct
				  that is designed to discourage a person from exercising his/her right to vote;
				  provided, that they shall not cause any removal or arrest without the approval
				  of the election inspector, unless the clerk agrees with the Warden/Moderator
				  that the person or official should be arrested or removed (R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
										17-19-23(9)).
				  Either the Warden/Moderator or the Clerk may in their discretion issue a
				  warning to a person(s) whose acts are disturbing the conduct of the
				  voting.
B. If a person believes
				  that an Election Official is violating state election laws he/she may contact
				  their Local Canvassing Authority or the State Board of Elections to file a
				  complaint.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 12 - Polling Place Conduct (410-RICR-20-00-12) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-12.8 - Implementation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Board of Elections may promulgate
				  procedures and forms necessary to implement the within rules and regulations
				  required under the Rhode Island General Laws.
B. These rules and regulations were adopted
				  at a meeting of the State Board of Elections held on the Twenty-fourth day of
				  August, 2016 pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §
										42-35-1, et seq.). By Order of the
				  Rhode Island Board of Elections.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.1

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Rhode Island Board of Elections hereby
				  amended the within rules and regulations relating to provisional voting
				  pursuant to and in accordance with the Help America Vote Act of 2002 ("HAVA'')
				  (P.L.
				  107-252) and R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-7-5 et seq. and 17-19-24.1 et
				  seq., as amended.
B. Said rules and
				  regulations were amended pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I.
				  Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35 et seq.) and are available for public inspection at the
				  offices of the Rhode Island Board of Elections, 50 Branch Avenue, Providence,
				  Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The within rules and regulations were adopted by the Board
					 of Elections for the purpose of amending the procedure for the casting,
					 certification and tabulation of provisional ballots pursuant to the
					 requirements of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, hereinafter referred to as
					 ("HAVA") and to satisfy the requirements of voter identification at the polling
					 places on election day in the state of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
"Ballot identification number" or "Ballot ID No." means
					 the number appearing on "Provisional Ballot Application" and which is unique to
					 the application. The number shall be used by election officials to process an
					 individual's provisional ballot and shall be used by the individual to
					 determine the disposition of his/her ballot. The identity of the individual
					 assigned the number shall be confidential.
"Board of Canvassers" or "Local Board" means the board of
					 canvassers in a city or town.
"Board of Elections" or "State Board" means the Rhode
					 Island Board of Elections.
"CVRS" means "Central Voter Registration System" which
					 identifies voters statewide.
"Disqualified ballot" means a provisional ballot executed
					 by an individual who is ineligible to vote in the election that the ballot was
					 cast or a provisional ballot that is inserted into the voting machine.
"Election official" shall include the Board of Elections
					 and its designees, the Local Canvassing Authority and its designees, including
					 but not limited to, Moderator/Wardens, Clerks and Supervisors.
"Federal office" means President of the United States,
					 Vice President, Senator, Representative, or Presidential Delegate to the
					 Congress.
"Federal offices only ballot" means a ballot executed by
					 an individual who is deemed eligible to vote for federal offices only in the
					 election at which the ballot was cast.
"Full ballot" means a ballot executed by an individual who
					 is deemed eligible to vote for all offices and questions appearing on the
					 ballot in the election at which the ballot was cast.
"Provisional ballot" means a ballot cast by an individual
					 meeting the eligibility requirements set forth in these rules and
					 regulations.
"Provisional ballot application" means the documents
					 prescribed in these rules and regulations and executed by a voter seeking to
					 cast a provisional ballot and used by the local board to determine the
					 disposition of a provisional ballot.
"Provisional ballot voter registration form" means a
					 generic form which will be used in lieu of a Rhode Island Voter Registration
					 form.
"Voter identification" means an acceptable form of
					 identification to validate a voters identity in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws
					 §
										17-19-24.2.
"Voting district" or "Precinct" means the geographical
					 subdivision within a city/town assigned to voters pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws
					 §
										17-11-1.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.4 - Voter Information - Public Posting

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Election
				  officials at each precinct shall publicly post on the day of each election
				  voting information that shall include:
1. a
				  sample version of the ballot used in the election;
2. information regarding the date of the
				  election and the hours during which the polling places are open;
3. instructions on how to cast a vote and
				  instructions on how to cast a provisional ballot;
4. instructions for mail registrants and
				  first-time voters;
5. general
				  information on voting rights and prohibitions regarding acts of fraud and
				  misrepresentation under Federal and State law, information on the right of an
				  individual to cast a provisional ballot and instructions on how to contact an
				  election official if an individual's rights have been violated.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.5 - Provisional Voting Information

Current through June 14, 2024
13.5.1
Categories (multiple categories may apply)
A. An individual shall cast a provisional
				  ballot if:
1. Category 1 - The individual
				  declares that he/she is a registered voter in the precinct but is informed by
				  an election official on election day that the individual's name does not appear
				  on the official list of registered voters for the precinct or the that the
				  individual's name is listed in another precinct of the city/town. Except voters
				  who file voter affirmation forms under R.I. Gen. Laws §
												17-9.1-16.
2. Category 2 - The official list of
				  registered voters indicates the voter has applied for a mail/emergency ballot;
				  or
3. Category 3 - An election
				  official asserts that the individual is not eligible to vote (including
				  partisan and non-partisan primaries); or
4. Category 4 - The individual is unable to
				  provide the required voter identification at the time of voting.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.6 - Provisional Ballot Application and Instructions

Current through June 14, 2024
13.6.1
Provisional Ballot Application
A. The "Provisional Ballot Application" shall
				  include the following:
1. Section I:
a. Board of canvassers disposition area,
				  where the board of canvassers indicates the disposition of the provisional
				  ballot.
b. A location for an
				  election official to include the name of the city/town and precinct number
				  where the ballot is being cast; and
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.7 - Processing and Certifying Provisional Ballots

Current through June 14, 2024
A.
				  Provisional ballots cast at a precinct shall be transmitted to the board of
				  canvassers in each city/town pursuant to the manner prescribed by the Board of
				  Elections. Said ballots shall be processed and certified by the board of
				  canvassers in the city/town in which they were cast.
B. Processing Provisional Ballots
The local board shall process the provisional ballots cast
					 in the city/town in the following manner.
1. Upon receipt of the provisional ballot
				  receptacles from each precinct the local board shall separate, sort by precinct
				  and secure said ballot receptacles.
2. On a precinct by precinct basis the local
				  board shall proceed to open the provisional ballot receptacles and remove the
				  "Provisional Ballot Envelopes." The local board shall verify that each envelope
				  has the correct city/town and precinct ID number. The local board shall
				  determine the disposition of each provisional ballot within each precinct
				  pursuant to the requirements and procedures set forth in §
											13.7(C) of
				  this Part.
3. By 4:00 P.M. the day
				  following the election the local board will accept any additional information
				  that the provisional ballot voter submits and determine the disposition of the
				  provisional ballot and enter the required information into the CVRS and shall:
a. Detach and retain Section
				  2, Provisional Ballot Voter
				  Registration Form, Voter Attestation of the "Provisional Ballot Application"
				  (Note: Section I shall remain affixed to the "Provisional Ballot Envelope"; see
				  §
												13.7(B)(4)
				  of this Part for instructions on processing Section
				  2 of the "Provisional Ballot
				  Application");
b. The local board
				  shall sort the provisional ballots cast at a precinct by disposition (i.e. all
				  qualified "Full Ballots" on top followed by all qualified ballots for "Federal
				  Offices Only") and place the qualified provisional ballots into the provisional
				  ballot receptacle from which they were delivered. Disqualified ballots are
				  retained and stored at the local board for 22 months.
c. When the certification process is
				  completed for each precinct the local board shall sort the provisional ballot
				  receptacles in order by precinct and transfer them to the Board of Elections by
				  4:00 P.M. the second day following the election.
4. After Section
				  2 - P rovisional Ballot
				  Voter Registration Form and the provisional ballot data is entered into the
				  CVRS the local board shall file Section
				  2 in the same manner as
				  other RI Voter Registration forms. Section
				  2, Voter Attestation of the
				  "Provisional Ballot Application" will be sealed in an envelope labeled
				  "Provisional Ballots - Attestation" which shall remain sealed for twenty-two
				  (22) months after the date of the election.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.8 - Tabulation of Provisional Ballots

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Provisional
				  Ballots Cast at a Precinct
Provisional ballots cast at a precinct and certified
					 pursuant to §
											13.7 of this Part shall be
					 transmitted by the local board to the state board for tabulation. Upon receipt
					 of all of the eligible provisional ballots cast in a city/town the state board
					 shall:
1. Separate the "Provisional
				  Ballot Envelopes" into the following categories:
a. "Full Ballots";
b. "Federal Offices Only"; and
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.9 - Access to Provisional Ballot Information

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Access
				  System To Determine Disposition Of Ballot
1.
				  The Board of Elections shall maintain a website with a "link" which allows the
				  Provisional voter to enter his/her last name and "Ballot ID No." to access the
				  disposition of his/her ballot which shall be:
a. "Counted - Full Ballot"; or
b. "Counted - President/Vice President and US
				  Senator (Providence Only): or
c.
				  "Counted - Federal Offices Only" and the reason for the disposition;
				  or
d. "Disqualified - Ballot Not
				  Counted" and the reason for the disposition.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 13 - Provisional Voting (410-RICR-20-00-13) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-13.10 - Implementation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Board of Elections shall promulgate
				  procedures and forms necessary to implement the within rules and regulations
				  required by the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and the Rhode Island General
				  Laws.
B. These rules and
				  regulations were adopted at a meeting of the State Board of Elections held on
				  the Twenty-second day of February, 2012 pursuant to the Administrative
				  Procedures Act R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-1, et seq.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 14 - Recounts (410-RICR-20-00-14) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-14.1

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Rhode Island Board of Elections hereby
				  amends the within rules and regulations ("rules") relating to election recounts
				  pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter
				  17-7 et seq., §§17-19-31, 17-19-37.1, 17-19-37.2, 17-19-37.3 and
				  17-12.1-14, as amended.
B. Said
				  rules and regulations are amended pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act
				  (R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35 et seq.) and are available for public inspection
				  at the offices of the Rhode Island Board of Elections, 50 Branch Avenue,
				  Providence, Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 14 - Recounts (410-RICR-20-00-14) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-14.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The following rules and regulations are adopted by the
					 Board of Elections for the purpose of facilitating the accurate and efficient
					 administration of election recounts which may be required to be conducted
					 pursuant to the Rhode Island General Laws.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 14 - Recounts (410-RICR-20-00-14) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-14.3 - Application

Current through June 14, 2024
14.3.1
Candidates & Write-ln
				  Candidates
A. A candidate or write-in
				  candidate seeking a recount of the -votes cast in his or her race and meeting
				  the eligibility requirements set forth in the Rhode Island General Laws must
				  make a written application to the Board of Elections to request said recount.
				  Said application shall include the following:
1. the name, address and daytime &
				  evening telephone numbers of the candidate (if applicable, the application
				  should also include the name, address and telephone numbers of an attorney or
				  person who the candidate designates to represent him or her);
2. the office for which the recount is being
				  sought (including district number, if applicable);
3. the date on which the application is made;
				  and
4. the signature of the
				  candidate which shall be attested to by a notary public.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 14 - Recounts (410-RICR-20-00-14) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-14.4 - Procedures For-The Recounting Of Ballots

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Board of
				  Elections shall establish: the policies and procedures to be used in conducting
				  election recounts. The Board shall implement the measures necessary to secure
				  the ballots to be recounted and to protect and ensure the integrity of the
				  election and recount process. Moreover, the Board shall take the
				  steps-necessary _to conduct an efficient, orderly and accurate recounting of
				  the ballots cast in elections qualifying for recounts pursuant to the Rhode
				  Island General Laws, including the publication of a "Guide To Election
				  Recounts".
B. Notwithstanding any
				  other provision of these rules, the Board of Elections may, acting upon its own
				  motion and at its sole discretion, adopt and implement the measures it deems
				  appropriate to facilitate the accurate and orderly conduct of election
				  recounts.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 14 - Recounts (410-RICR-20-00-14) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-14.5 - Implementation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Board of Elections may promulgate
				  procedures and forms necessary to implement the within rules and regulations
				  required under the Rhode Island General Laws.
B. These rules and regulations were adopted
				  at a meeting of the State Board of Elections held on the
				  13th day of July 2010 pursuant to the Administrative
				  Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-1, et seq.). By Order of the
				  Rhode Island Board of Elections.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 15 - Determining Recount Eligibility - Recognized Standing (410-RICR-20-00-15) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-15.1

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Rhode Island Board of Elections hereby
				  adopts rules and regulations relating to the determination of recount
				  eligibility and what constitutes a person, group, or organization with
				  "recognized standing," pursuant to and in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws
				  §§
										17-19-37 and
				  17-19-37.3 et seq., as
				  amended.
B. Said rules and
				  regulations are proposed pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I.
				  Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35 et seq.) and are available for public inspection at the
				  offices of the Rhode Island Board of Elections, 50 Branch Avenue, Providence,
				  Rhode Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 15 - Determining Recount Eligibility - Recognized Standing (410-RICR-20-00-15) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-15.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The within rules and regulations are proposed by the Board
					 of Elections to ensure the orderly conduct of elections and enforce the
					 provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws §§
										17-19-37 and
					 17-19-37.3.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 15 - Determining Recount Eligibility - Recognized Standing (410-RICR-20-00-15) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-15.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
"Advocacy cycle" means the period commencing on the date
					 when a Ballot Question is deemed to be placed on the next ballot by order of
					 the Secretary of State and ending on the date of that election.
"Ballot question" means any question, charter change,
					 constitutional amendment, referendum, or voter initiated petition, or any other
					 item placed before the voters on any state, senate and representative district,
					 city, town or municipal ballot for general or special election.
"Ballot question advocacy" means advocating the passage or
					 defeat of a ballot question. "Ballot Question Advocate" means any person,
					 group, or organization making expenditure with a cumulative total that exceeds
					 one thousand dollars ($1,000) in an advocacy cycle for ballot-question advocacy
					 on a particular ballot question.
"Expenditures" means any reported expenditures filed in
					 conformance with the Rules and Regulations of the Board of
					 Elections.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 15 - Determining Recount Eligibility - Recognized Standing (410-RICR-20-00-15) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-15.4 - Determining Recount Eligibility - Recognized Standing

Current through June 14, 2024
A. Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-19-37.3, where a person, group,
				  or organization has reported expenditures as a Ballot Question Advocate either
				  in support of or in opposition to a ballot question, that Ballot Question
				  Advocate will only have "recognized standing" to request a recount on a ballot
				  question if:
1. In ballot questions receiving
				  fewer than 1,000 votes, the Ballot Question Advocate has independently expended
				  over $1,000 in advocating that ballot question during the advocacy
				  cycle;
2. In ballot questions
				  receiving between 1,001 - 10,000 votes, the Ballot Question Advocate has
				  independently expended over $5,000 in advocating that ballot question during
				  the advocacy cycle;
3. In ballot
				  questions receiving between 10,001 - 25,000 votes, the Ballot Question Advocate
				  has independently expended over $10,000 in advocating that ballot question
				  during the advocacy cycle;
4. In
				  ballot questions receiving between 25,001 - 50,000 votes, the Ballot Question
				  Advocate has independently expended over $15,000 in advocating that ballot
				  question during the advocacy cycle;
5. In ballot questions receiving between
				  50,001 - 100,000 votes, the Ballot Question Advocate has independently expended
				  over $25,000 in advocating that ballot question during the advocacy
				  cycle;
6. In ballot questions
				  receiving between 100,001 - 200,000 votes, the Ballot Question Advocate has
				  independently expended over $35,000 in advocating that ballot question during
				  the advocacy cycle; or
7. In ballot
				  questions receiving over 200,000 votes, the Ballot Question Advocate has
				  independently expended over $50,000 in advocating that ballot question during
				  the advocacy cycle.
8.
				  Or:
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 15 - Determining Recount Eligibility - Recognized Standing (410-RICR-20-00-15) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-15.5 - Implementation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Board of Elections may promulgate
				  procedures and forms necessary to implement the within rules and regulations
				  required under the Rhode Island General Laws.
B. These rules and regulations were adopted
				  at a meeting of the State Board of Elections held on the 24th day of March 2010
				  pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws §
										42-35-1, et seq.). By Order of the
				  Rhode Island Board of Elections
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 16 - Tabulation of Mail Ballots › Section 410-RICR-20-00-16.1 - Authority

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Rhode Sland Board of Elections hereby
				  amends the Rules and Regulations relating to the tabulation of mail ballots
				  pursuant to, and in accordance with the provisions of R.L Gen. Laws
				  §§17-7-1
et seq
., 17-19-31, 17-20-6, 17-20-10.2,
				  1720-24, 17-20-26 and 17-22-1.
B.
				  This Regulation is adopted pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of
				  R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-20-1,
et
				  seq
.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 16 - Tabulation of Mail Ballots › Section 410-RICR-20-00-16.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The State of Rhode Island's optical scan precinct count
					 election system provides a fast and accurate way of processing and tabulating
					 mail ballots. In accordance with the requirements and capabilities of the
					 optical scan system, the Board of Elections has developed procedures for the
					 handling, processing and tabulation of mail ballots in order to ensure the
					 integrity of the electoral process.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 16 - Tabulation of Mail Ballots › Section 410-RICR-20-00-16.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
"Designated Election Official" means a member of the Board
					 staff, or other person expressly authorized by the Board or its Executive
					 Director to conduct functions that relate to the processing of mail ballot
					 certification envelopes and tabulation of mail ballots. All authority to
					 qualify or disqualify a mail ballot shall be subject to Board review and
					 determination when required. Provided, further, that before any mail ballot is
					 determined to be an undervote, the mail ballot shall be reviewed by at least
					 one member of the Board, who can then bring the matter to the entire Board when
					 needed. Designated Election Officials shall be sworn in by a member of the
					 Board, or its Executive Director, and shall promise to apply all laws and
					 regulations pertaining to elections, including but not limited to those laws
					 and regulations pertaining to the certification and tabulation of mail
					 ballots.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 16 - Tabulation of Mail Ballots › Section 410-RICR-20-00-16.4 - Procedures

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The procedures for mail ballot tabulation
				  and the steps to be followed for processing those ballots which are unable to
				  be "read" by the automated ballot tabulator are as follows:
1. After processing and certification of the
				  mail ballots as required under Board rules on Certification of Mail Ballots,
				  they shall be separated in packages in accordance with their respective cities
				  and towns, in publicly noticed sessions. In each instance the Board or the
				  Designated Election Official(s) shall open the enclosing envelope, and without
				  looking at the votes cast on the enclosed ballot, shall remove the ballot from
				  the envelope. The ballots then shall be stored in secured containers until
				  processing through the automated ballot tabulator. Not more than twenty (20)
				  days prior to Election Day, the mail ballots will be processed by the
				  Designated Election Official using the automated ballot tabulator.
2. Pursuant to §
											16.5 of this Part, ballots
				  that are torn or otherwise damaged upon opening of the envelopes in addition to
				  ballots that are unable to be processed by the automated ballot tabulator (i.e.
				  improperly marked ballots, damaged ballots, blank ballots) that have been
				  out-stacked by the automated ballot tabulator will be given to the Board or the
				  Designated Election Official(s) to determine voter intent, and duplication of
				  the original ballot. Duplicated ballots will be kept together in a secured
				  container until the duplication process is completed, upon which time the
				  duplicate ballots shall be processed by the automated ballot
				  tabulator.
3. Ballots containing
				  write-in votes will be digitally imaged by the automated ballot tabulator
				  pursuant to §
											16.6 of this Part.
4. Upon completion of the processing of the
				  mail ballots, said mail ballots shall be placed in the proper storage
				  container. The storage containers will be sealed and stored at the Board of
				  Elections for a period of twenty-two (22) months.
5. Mail ballots shall be totaled no earlier
				  than 8:00 p.m. on Election Day.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 16 - Tabulation of Mail Ballots › Section 410-RICR-20-00-16.6 - Write-In Votes

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The procedures
				  for processing and recording of ballots containing write-in votes are as
				  follows:
1. The automated ballot tabulator
				  will digitally image ballots containing write-in votes after the automated
				  ballot tabulator records votes on contests where write-ins do not
				  appear.
2. The Designated Election
				  Official will retrieve the digital images from the secure storage drive on
				  which the images are stored and record on write in tally sheets the write-in
				  votes.
3. After recording the
				  write-in votes, the ballots will be placed into the appropriate storage
				  container.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 17 - Unaffiliated Voters Participating in Primary Elections (410-RICR-20-00-17) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-17.1

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Rhode Island Board of Elections hereby
				  establishes within rules and regulations relating for Unaffiliated Voters
				  Participating in Primary Elections, pursuant to and in accordance with R.I.
				  Gen. Laws §
										17-9.1-23(C), as
				  amended
B. Said rules and
				  regulations are proposed pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I.
				  Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35 et seq.) and are available for public inspection at the
				  offices of the Rhode Island Board of Elections, 50 Branch Avenue, Providence,
				  Rhode Island
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 17 - Unaffiliated Voters Participating in Primary Elections (410-RICR-20-00-17) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-17.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
The within rules and regulations are hereby proposed for
					 the purpose of expounding on R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-9.1-23(C) and
					 clarifying the party status of a voter's party affiliation upon participating
					 in a primary.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 17 - Unaffiliated Voters Participating in Primary Elections (410-RICR-20-00-17) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-17.4 - Explanation

Current through June 14, 2024
If an unaffiliated voter participates in a primary
					 election, the Board of Elections will consider that person to be affiliated
					 with the political party in whose primary they participated. The Local Board of
					 Canvassers will record this affiliation accordingly. In this instance,
					 participation does not include circulating or signing nomination
					 papers.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 17 - Unaffiliated Voters Participating in Primary Elections (410-RICR-20-00-17) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-17.5 - Participation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. An unaffiliated voter will be considered a
				  participant in a primary election (and thus affiliated with the political party
				  in whose primary they participated) if they complete and sign a ballot
				  application. The types of ballot applications are:
1. Precinct Ballot Application - An
				  application a voter must complete and sign at a polling place before an
				  election official can issue the voter a ballot.
2. Mail Ballot Application - An application
				  of a voter must complete if they are unable to vote in person on Election
				  Day.
3. Provisional Ballot
				  Application - An application a voter completes and signs when the voter's
				  eligibility is in question, regardless if the ballot is qualified or
				  disqualified.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 17 - Unaffiliated Voters Participating in Primary Elections (410-RICR-20-00-17) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-17.6 - Disaffiliation

Current through June 14, 2024
If a voter wishes to disaffiliate from the political party
					 they are associated with they may do so by following the provisions of R.I.
					 Gen. Laws §
										17-9.1-24.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 17 - Unaffiliated Voters Participating in Primary Elections (410-RICR-20-00-17) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-17.7 - Implementation

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Board of Elections may promulgate
				  procedures and forms necessary to implement the within rules and regulations
				  required under the Rhode Island General Laws.
B. These rules and regulations are adopted
				  this day of July 2008 pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen.
				  Laws §
										42-35-1, et seq.). By Order of the
				  Rhode Island Board of Elections.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 18 - Voter Identification (410-RICR-20-00-18) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-18.1

Current through June 14, 2024
A. The Rhode Island Board of Elections hereby
				  proposes rules and regulations relating to voter identification pursuant to and
				  in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws Chapters 17-7 et seq. and 17-19 et seq., due
				  to the enactment of R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-19-24.2 effective January 1,
				  2012
B. Said rules and regulations
				  are adopted pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws
				  Chapter 42-35 et seq.) and are available for public inspection at the offices
				  of the Rhode Island Board of Elections, 50 Branch Avenue, Providence, Rhode
				  Island.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 18 - Voter Identification (410-RICR-20-00-18) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-18.2 - Purpose

Current through June 14, 2024
These rules and regulations are adopted by the Board of
					 Elections for the purpose of implementing the voter identification ("Voter ID")
					 requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws §
										17-19-24.2 and to address those
					 voter identification issues not otherwise specifically referred to in the Rhode
					 Island General laws.
Rhode Island Code of Regulations › Title 410 - Board of Elections › Chapter 20 - Elections › Subchapter 00 - N/A › Part 18 - Voter Identification (410-RICR-20-00-18) › Section 410-RICR-20-00-18.3 - Definitions

Current through June 14, 2024
"Board of Canvassers" or "Local Board" means the Board of
					 Canvassers in a city or town.
"Board of Elections" or "State Board" means the Rhode
					 Island Board of Elections.
"Current and valid" means the document has not expired by
					 its terms prior to the date it is presented.
"Election day" means any time the polls are open for the
					 conduct of a primary, general or special election, or referendum.
"ID" means identification.
"Non-photo ID" is further described in §
										18.4(A)(2)
					 of this Part below, and shall mean a current and valid document without a
					 photograph of the person to whom the document was issued
"Photo ID" is further defined in §
										18.4(A)(1)
					 of this Part below, and shall mean a current and valid document that includes a
					 photograph of the voter.
"Proof of identity" means current and valid
					 identification
"RI" means the State of Rhode Island.
"Voter identification card" means a voter identification
					 issued by the Rhode Island Secretary of State.