Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 410 - Board of Elections
Chapter 20 - Elections
Subchapter 00 - N/A
Part 23 - Rules and Regulations for Mail Ballot Certification Process
Section 410-RICR-20-00-23.9 - SUMMARY DISPOSITION OF CHALLENGES
Universal Citation: 410 RI Code of Rules 20 00 23.9
Current through September 18, 2024
A. The Board may summarily dispose of any challenge upon a determination that:
1. the challenge was not submitted in
writing;
2. the challenge has been
filed without any factual basis to support the claim;
3. the claimed irregularity is insufficient,
as a matter of law, to constitute a basis to reject the mail ballot;
or
4. where, upon an examination of
the oath envelope, it is facially evident that the envelope was not submitted
in compliance with each of the requirements set forth under R.L Gen. Laws
§17-20-1et seq., including, but not limited to:
a. the deposit of the ballot at the Board
within the time allotted by law;
b.
the making of a false application or certification;
c. the verification of the voter's signature;
or
d. a mail ballot that was not
voted by the voter who purportedly cast it or was voted by a person who was not
eligible to vote by mail.
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