§ 17-9.1-27 - Periodic updating of voter registration records. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 17-9.1-27

   § 17-9.1-27  Periodic updating of voterregistration records. – In every odd-numbered year, the secretary of state shall update the centralvoter register using the United States Postal Service National Change ofAddress (NCOA) Program. The office of the Secretary of State shall beresponsible for obtaining the NCOA data and providing each local board ofcanvassers with their data; provided, that the updating shall be performed byeach local board. The NCOA list of address changes shall be compared by thelocal board with lists of registered voters, and if address changes aredetected for any voter, the local board shall institute the confirmationprocess described in § 17-9.1-26.