Rhode Island § 17-19-34 § 17-19-34. Declaration of results and certificates of election in towns not divided into districts.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-19-34 — § 17-19-34. Declaration of results and certificates of election in towns not divided into districts.

Rhode Island § 17-19-34

Title 17Elections

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

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-19-34 (2026).

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§ 17-19-34. Declaration of results and certificates of election in towns not divided into districts.
When optical scan precinct count units are used in town elections in towns not divided
            into voting districts, the warden, after announcing the votes registered by the optical
            scan precinct count units for the candidates for town offices, and upon questions
            submitted to the voters of the town, and signing the record of the votes in the record
            book, shall declare the result of the town election, and certificates shall be issued
            to the officers declared elected.
         

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§ 17-19-34. Declaration of results and certificates of election in towns not divided into districts.

When optical scan precinct count units are used in town elections in towns not divided into voting districts, the warden, after announcing the votes registered by the optical scan precinct count units for the candidates for town offices, and upon questions submitted to the voters of the town, and signing the record of the votes in the record book, shall declare the result of the town election, and certificates shall be issued to the officers declared elected.

Legislative History

P.L. 1935, ch. 2195, § 18; P.L. 1938, ch. 2640, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 318, § 14; P.L. 1940, ch. 818, § 1; P.L. 1944, ch. 1525, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-30; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-34; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 12; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 12.