Title 17, Title 17 Title 17

(a) The secretary of state shall establish an election systems cybersecurity review board. The review board shall be comprised of the secretary of state, or designee; the executive director of the board of elections, or designee; the executive director of the Rhode Island League …

These lists shall be made available by the secretary of state not later than June 1 in any year.

Registration lists purchased pursuant to §§ 17-6-5 — 17-6-10 are not to be deemed to be the official voting lists for any districts. The official lists are those prepared and published by the several local boards.

The lists may be distributed as requested in the form of either printed lists or magnetic tapes.

(a) During each year in which a general election is to be held, the secretary of state shall identify communities within the state in need of electoral process education by outreaching community organizations. Electoral process education shall consist of instruction on how a pers…

The secretary of state shall offer training annually regarding cybersecurity best practices to local boards of canvassers.

(a) The secretary of state shall, as otherwise provided by this title, prepare, print, and distribute the following forms relating to primary elections: (1) Declaration of candidacy; (2) Endorsement by party; (3) Primary nomination papers for national and state offices; (4) Certi…

The secretary of state shall be responsible for the arrangement, preparation, printing, and provision of all computer ballots, to be used in conjunction with the optical scan voting equipment authorized pursuant to this title, and sample ballots to be used at any election. The se…

The secretary of state shall prepare, print, and furnish all application forms for absentee, shut-in, and war ballots. The secretary of state shall arrange, print, and distribute all these ballots, together with instruction sheets and the required envelopes, in accordance with th…

(a) Upon application in writing, the secretary of state shall, upon request, furnish prepaid at a reasonable price to be established annually by the secretary and at a reasonable time, to the state chairperson of each political party and to each person proposing to be a duly qual…

Every person receiving the registry lists shall take and subscribe to the following oath: “I understand that the lists requested by me are the property of the state of Rhode Island and (I affirm that I am the state chairperson of the ____ party); (I proposed to be a duly qualifie…

Every person who violates the provisions of §§ 17-6-5 and 17-6-6 shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

The secretary of state shall furnish, without charge, to the canvassing authorities of the several cities and towns, lists of registrants pertaining to those respective cities and towns.

All requests for registration lists, and the action taken on those requests by the secretary of state, shall be deemed to be public records and shall be open for inspection during regular business hours.