Rhode Island § 17-12.1-7 § 17-12.1-7. Checking and certification of nomination papers.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-12.1-7 — § 17-12.1-7. Checking and certification of nomination papers.

Rhode Island § 17-12.1-7

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-12.1Primaries for Election of Delegates to National Conventions and for Presidential Preference

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-12.1-7 (2026).

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§ 17-12.1-7. Checking and certification of nomination papers.
(a) Each nomination paper of a candidate for delegate shall be submitted on or before
            four o'clock (4:00) p.m. in the afternoon of the fifty-sixth (56th) day before the
            presidential preference primary to the local board of the city or town where the signers
            appear to be voters, and the nomination papers shall be checked, processed, and certified
            to the secretary of state by the local boards before four o'clock (4:00) p.m. in the
            afternoon of the fifty-third (53rd) day before the presidential preference primary.
            In addition, each candidate for delegate to a national convention may, 

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§ 17-12.1-7. Checking and certification of nomination papers.

(a) Each nomination paper of a candidate for delegate shall be submitted on or before four o'clock (4:00) p.m. in the afternoon of the fifty-sixth (56th) day before the presidential preference primary to the local board of the city or town where the signers appear to be voters, and the nomination papers shall be checked, processed, and certified to the secretary of state by the local boards before four o'clock (4:00) p.m. in the afternoon of the fifty-third (53rd) day before the presidential preference primary. In addition, each candidate for delegate to a national convention may, on or before four o'clock (4:00) p.m. in the afternoon of the forty-ninth (49th) day before the presidential primary, submit to the secretary of state documentation from a candidate, as set forth in § 17-12.1-4, that he or she has the approval of the candidate for presidential nominee or approval from the steering/screening committee to name the candidates' delegates to be identified with him or her. Names of delegates pledged to a presidential candidate who do not receive approval of the candidate for presidential nominee or approval from the steering/screening committee to name the candidates' delegates to be identified with him/her, who are otherwise qualified, shall appear on the ballot in accordance with party rules.

(b) When nomination papers have been duly certified by the appropriate local boards of canvassers, they shall be conclusively presumed to be valid, unless written objections to them are made as to the eligibility of the candidate or the sufficiency of the nomination papers or the signatures on them. All objections shall be filed with the state board of elections by four o'clock (4:00) p.m. on the next business day after the last day fixed for local boards to file nomination papers with the secretary of state. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the secretary of state from disqualifying a candidate based on the determination of the secretary of state that the nomination papers or the signatures on them are invalid or insufficient.

(c) The decision of the state board shall be rendered not later than four o'clock (4:00) p.m. on the forty-seventh (47th) day before the presidential preference primary and shall immediately be certified by the state board to the secretary of state.

Legislative History

P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2; P.L. 1976, ch. 27, § 1; P.L. 1976, ch. 36, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 375, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 390, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 479, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 303, § 1.