Rhode Island § 17-20-33 § 17-20-33. Disqualification of ballot by board of elections.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-20-33 — § 17-20-33. Disqualification of ballot by board of elections.

Rhode Island § 17-20-33

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-20Mail Ballots

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-20-33 (2026).

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§ 17-20-33. Disqualification of ballot by board of elections.
The board of elections shall, on its own motion, disqualify any mail ballot which
            it determines, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, was not voted by the elector
            who purportedly cast it, or was voted by an elector who was not eligible to vote by
            mail ballot, or was not obtained and voted in the manner prescribed by this chapter.
            The board of elections may take this action even in the absence of a challenge to
            the ballot and may take this action at any time prior to the separation of the ballot
            from its application and certifying envelope.
         

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§ 17-20-33. Disqualification of ballot by board of elections.

The board of elections shall, on its own motion, disqualify any mail ballot which it determines, based upon a preponderance of the evidence, was not voted by the elector who purportedly cast it, or was voted by an elector who was not eligible to vote by mail ballot, or was not obtained and voted in the manner prescribed by this chapter. The board of elections may take this action even in the absence of a challenge to the ballot and may take this action at any time prior to the separation of the ballot from its application and certifying envelope.