Rhode Island § 17-19-13 § 17-19-13. Exhibition of machines for instructional purposes.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-19-13 — § 17-19-13. Exhibition of machines for instructional purposes.

Rhode Island § 17-19-13

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-19Conduct of Election and Voting Equipment, and Supplies

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-19-13 (2026).

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§ 17-19-13. Exhibition of machines for instructional purposes.
The local board may designate suitable and adequate times and places where optical
            scan voting equipment and sample ballots showing titles of offices to be filled and,
            so far as practicable, the names of candidates to be voted for at the next election
            shall be exhibited for the purpose of giving instructions as to the manner of casting
            a vote to all voters who apply. No optical scan precinct count unit that is to be
            used in an election shall be used for the instruction after it has been prepared and
            sealed for the election.
         

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§ 17-19-13. Exhibition of machines for instructional purposes.

The local board may designate suitable and adequate times and places where optical scan voting equipment and sample ballots showing titles of offices to be filled and, so far as practicable, the names of candidates to be voted for at the next election shall be exhibited for the purpose of giving instructions as to the manner of casting a vote to all voters who apply. No optical scan precinct count unit that is to be used in an election shall be used for the instruction after it has been prepared and sealed for the election.

Legislative History

P.L. 1935, ch. 2195, § 12; G.L. 1938, ch. 318, § 8; G.L. 1938, ch. 318, § 7; P.L. 1940, ch. 818, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-14; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-13; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 6, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 24, § 1.