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Rhode Island Statutes § 17-20-2 Eligibility for mail ballots

⤴ Up to Chapter 17-20: Mail Ballots

Statute Text

Any otherwise qualified elector may vote by mail ballot in the following circumstances:
(1) An elector, within the State of Rhode Island who is incapacitated to the extent that it would be an undue hardship to vote at the polls because of illness, or mental or physical disability, blindness, or serious impairment of mobility;
(2) An elector who is confined in any hospital, convalescent home, nursing home, rest home, or similar institution, public or private, within the State of Rhode Island;
(3) An elector who will be temporarily absent from the state because of employment or service intimately connected with military operations or who is a spouse or legal dependent residing with that person, or a United States citizen [that] who will be outside of the United States;
(4) An elector who [may not be able to vote at his or her polling place in his or her city or town on the day of the election] chooses to vote by mail for any reason .

History

Amended by 2022 Pub. Laws, ch. 46 , § 5 , eff. 6/7/2022 .

Amended by 2022 Pub. Laws, ch. 45 , § 5 , eff. 6/7/2022 .

P.L. 1978, ch. 258, § 2; P.L. 1980, ch. 407, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 172, § 8; P.L. 1984, ch. 231, § 1; P.L. 1985, ch. 161, § 1; P.L. 1986, ch. 316, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 227, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 205, §1; P.L. 1999 , ch. 83 , § 41 ; P.L. 1999 , ch. 130 , § 41 ; P.L. 2001 , ch. 56 , § 1 ; P.L. 2001 , ch. 121 , § 1 ; P.L. 2011 , ch. 190 , § 1 ; P.L. 2011 , ch. 217 , § 1 .

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