§ 17-14-1.2 - Candidate required to be a qualified voter in the election. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 17-14-1.2

   § 17-14-1.2  Candidate required to be aqualified voter in the election. – (a) No person shall be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy as anindependent candidate nor shall a person be eligible to be a candidate or beeligible to be voted for unless the person shall, at the time of filing thedeclaration, be qualified to vote in the election within the district for theoffice which that person seeks.

   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,individuals residing in state senate districts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 14, 15,16 and 17 may file a declaration of candidacy for state senator and/orsenatorial district committee member for those senate districts for the 2004election pursuant to § 17-14-1, provided they were registered to vote inthe election for that district on or before June 16, 2004.