Rhode Island § 17-10-10 § 17-10-10. Corrections by state board.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-10-10 — § 17-10-10. Corrections by state board.

Rhode Island § 17-10-10

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-10Canvassing the Lists of Qualified Electors

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-10-10 (2026).

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§ 17-10-10. Corrections by state board.
The state board may request any local board to make any correction in any voting list,
            and if the local board does not immediately comply with the request, the state board
            may make the correction itself, and this correction shall not be changed except on
            order of the supreme court. Any person whose name is stricken from any voting list
            by the state board may file a petition as from an action of the local board as provided
            in this chapter. The state board shall notify the secretary of state of the action.
            The state board, in ordering the striking of any names from a voting list, shall be
            subject to 

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§ 17-10-10. Corrections by state board.

The state board may request any local board to make any correction in any voting list, and if the local board does not immediately comply with the request, the state board may make the correction itself, and this correction shall not be changed except on order of the supreme court. Any person whose name is stricken from any voting list by the state board may file a petition as from an action of the local board as provided in this chapter. The state board shall notify the secretary of state of the action. The state board, in ordering the striking of any names from a voting list, shall be subject to the same requirements and limitations as are applicable to local boards, including but not limited to, the provisions of § 17-10-5.

Legislative History

G.L. 1938, ch. 313, § 17; P.L. 1940, ch. 817, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 17-10-20; G.L. 1956, § 17-10-11; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1963, ch. 209, § 4; P.L. 1978, ch. 203, § 1; G.L., § 17-10-10; P.L. 1994, ch. 171, § 5.