§ 17-9.1-10 - Additional method of registering. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 17-9.1-10

   § 17-9.1-10  Additional method ofregistering. – (a) In addition to the methods for registering to vote provided in §§17-9.1-7, 17-9.1-8, and 17-9.1-9, whenever any person who is or may be by thenext election qualified to vote desires to register, that person may appearbefore the local board of the city or town in which he or she has his or herresidence, as defined in § 17-1-3.1, or before the clerk or other dulyauthorized agent of the board, or before a registrar appointed by the stateboard of elections, and shall furnish the information required of him or her bythis chapter and any information described in §§ 17-9.1-23 and17-9.1-24 that the registrant may wish to record, and after the information hasbeen recorded on the registry card furnished for that purpose, the person shallsign his or her name and certify to the truth of the facts recorded in theappropriate spaces in the card; provided, whenever any person is unable to signhis or her name because of physical incapacity or otherwise, he or she shallmake his mark "(X)", which shall be witnessed by the person receiving theregistration.

   (b) It shall be the duty of the local board or clerk or otherduly authorized agent of the board or registrar of the state board of electionsto inform the person registering to vote that the voter will be mailed anacknowledgement card advising the person of the disposition of the registrationand in the process verifying that the person resides at the address provided onthe registration form. The person shall also be advised that if theacknowledgement card is returned as undeliverable, the person will be placed onthe inactive list of voters pending the results of the confirmation processdescribed in § 17-9.1-26. Nothing contained in this section shall bedeemed to entitle a person to vote whose registration form has not been filedwith the local board at least thirty (30) days before an election.