§ 17-9.1-6 - Form of registration cards – Confidentiality of place of registration. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 17-9.1-6

   § 17-9.1-6  Form of registration cards– Confidentiality of place of registration. – (a) Registration forms shall consist of the number of sets of cards and of thesize and color that shall be determined by the state board of elections, one ofwhich forms shall be designated as the original and any others as duplicates.The forms shall be ruled with appropriate spaces and headings to indicate theregistrant's name, residence address, mailing address if different fromresidence address, date of birth, and registrant's signature and date ofaffixation of signature, and may include any other information, certifications,and declarations, including those made under the penalty of perjury, that maybe required by the state board in order to administer a single and unifiedsystem of voter registration in accordance with applicable state and federallaws which shall enable duly registered voters to vote in all elections intheir respective voting districts, including elections for federal officers.

   (b) Notwithstanding that registration forms are publicrecords, nothing contained in the registration forms, nor any identifyingcharacteristics of the forms such as size or color, shall indicate theparticular office of the division of motor vehicles at which the voter wasregistered, nor shall there be any indication that the voter was registered atany other state, federal, or private agency. Nothing contained in this sectionshall restrict the state board of elections from maintaining confidentialrecords showing the actual place of registration of all voters.