Rhode Island § 17-10-11 - Canvassing the Lists of Qualified Electors
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§ 17-10-11. Canvassing the Lists of Qualified Electors
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-10-11
§ 17-10-11. Right to appeal striking of name.
Whenever the local board of any town or city at any meeting held for the purpose of canvassing the rights and correcting the lists of voters rejects, or causes to be stricken from the voting list, the name of any person qualified to vote, the person whose name the board has rejected or stricken from any list may appeal to the state board of elections, setting forth his or her residence, his or her qualifications, and other facts in connection with the rejection or striking of his or her name from the list, as that person may deem material, and praying that his or her name is added to the list.
History of Section.
P.L. 1898, ch. 583, § 1; C.P.A. 1905, § 1226; G.L. 1909, ch. 8, § 29; G.L. 1909, ch.
8, § 11; P.L. 1910, ch. 640, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 8, § 11; G.L. 1938, ch. 313, § 11;
P.L. 1940, ch. 817, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 17-10-21; G.L. 1956, § 17-10-12; P.L. 1958,
ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 203, § 1; G.L., § 17-10-11; P.L. 1983, ch. 172, § 5.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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