Rhode Island § 17-11-17 § 17-11-17. Telephone — Polling place.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-11-17 — § 17-11-17. Telephone — Polling place.

Rhode Island § 17-11-17

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-11Voting Districts and Officials

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-11-17 (2026).

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§ 17-11-17. Telephone — Polling place.
If there is a telephone within a polling place, then the owner of the building in
            which the polling place is located shall allow use of the telephone for official business
            by the warden, clerk, and state inspector during the period beginning one hour before
            the opening of the polling place and ending one hour after the closing of the polling
            place. The local board of canvassers shall be required to reimburse the owner of the
            building for that portion of any telephone bill resulting from the use of the telephone
            by any of the election officials mentioned in this section.
         

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§ 17-11-17. Telephone — Polling place.

If there is a telephone within a polling place, then the owner of the building in which the polling place is located shall allow use of the telephone for official business by the warden, clerk, and state inspector during the period beginning one hour before the opening of the polling place and ending one hour after the closing of the polling place. The local board of canvassers shall be required to reimburse the owner of the building for that portion of any telephone bill resulting from the use of the telephone by any of the election officials mentioned in this section.