Rhode Island § 17-8-2 § 17-8-2. Term and qualifications for office.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-8-2 — § 17-8-2. Term and qualifications for office.

Rhode Island § 17-8-2

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-8Local Canvassing Authorities

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Bluebook

R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-8-2 (2026).

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§ 17-8-2. Term and qualifications for office.
Each member of a local canvassing authority shall be appointed to serve for a term
            of six (6) years beginning on the first Monday of March succeeding the date of his
            or her appointment and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. No person
            shall be appointed or serve as a member of the authority who is an officer or employee
            of the United States or of this state, or who is an officer or employee of the authority's
            city or town; provided, that in any city a member of the authority may be employed
            as its clerk. Any member of the authority who becomes a candidate for election to
            any 

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§ 17-8-2. Term and qualifications for office.

Each member of a local canvassing authority shall be appointed to serve for a term of six (6) years beginning on the first Monday of March succeeding the date of his or her appointment and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. No person shall be appointed or serve as a member of the authority who is an officer or employee of the United States or of this state, or who is an officer or employee of the authority's city or town; provided, that in any city a member of the authority may be employed as its clerk. Any member of the authority who becomes a candidate for election to any public office and who fails to file a declination of the candidacy within the time allowed by law shall be disqualified from holding membership upon the authority and his or her successor shall be immediately elected.

Legislative History

P.L. 1951 (s.s.), ch. 2870, § 18; G.L. 1956, § 17-8-15; G.L. 1956, § 17-8-2; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 74; P.L. 2007, ch. 301, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 436, § 1.