Rhode Island § 17-19-42 § 17-19-42. Tampering with voting equipment.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-19-42 — § 17-19-42. Tampering with voting equipment.

Rhode Island § 17-19-42

Title 17Elections

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

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-19-42 (2026).

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§ 17-19-42. Tampering with voting equipment.
Any person, not being an election or primary officer or person upon whom a duty is
            imposed by this chapter, who, while any voting equipment is being made ready for an
            election or primary, or is in use during an election or primary, tampers with, disarranges,
            defaces, injures, or impairs the voting equipment in any manner, or mutilates, injures,
            destroys, or disarranges any computer ballot, or any other appliance used in connection
            with the voting equipment, shall be guilty of a felony.
         

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§ 17-19-42. Tampering with voting equipment.

Any person, not being an election or primary officer or person upon whom a duty is imposed by this chapter, who, while any voting equipment is being made ready for an election or primary, or is in use during an election or primary, tampers with, disarranges, defaces, injures, or impairs the voting equipment in any manner, or mutilates, injures, destroys, or disarranges any computer ballot, or any other appliance used in connection with the voting equipment, shall be guilty of a felony.

Legislative History

P.L. 1935, ch. 2195, § 22; G.L. 1938, ch. 318, § 18; P.L. 1940, ch. 818, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, §§ 36, 39; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-39; G.L. 1956, § 17-19-42; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1978, ch. 201, § 9; P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 12; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 12.