A.The Rhode Island Board of Elections hereby adopts this Part relating to declarations of candidacy pursuant to and in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-14-1et seq., as amended.
B.Said rules and regulations are proposed pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws Chapter 42-35et seq.) and are available for public inspection at the offices of the Rhode Island Board of Elections, 50 Branch Avenue, Providence, Rhode Island
5.2Purpose
The within Part is proposed by the Board of Elections in order to clarify the provisions of R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-14-1et seq.
5.3Definitions
"Declaration of candidacy" means the procedures set forth in R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-14-1et seq.
5.4Multiple Declarations ofCandidacy
A.Each person filing a declaration for either a state or local office shall be eligible to declare for no more than one state or local office pursuant R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-14-1et seq. If a voter files a declaration of candidacy for more than one state or local office during the declaration period, the last declaration filed shall negate any previous filings.
B.Declaration papers prepared by the Secretary of State's Office will contain language stating that the person declaring for office acknowledges by signing the declaration of candidacy, that their signature and filing of the declaration paper negates any and all previous declarations of candidacy filed during the current declaration period for state or local office.
C.The Local Boards of Canvassers will acknowledge receipt of the declaration paper received by the person declaring for candidacy by time stamping or recording the date and time the declaration for office.
5.5Implementation
A.The Board of Elections may promulgate procedures and forms necessary to implement the within Part required under the Rhode Island General Laws.
B.This Part was adopted at a meeting of the State Board of Elections held on the 21st day of April 2010 pursuant to the Administrative Procedures Act (R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-1, et seq.). By Order of the Rhode Island Board of Elections.
Title
410
Board of Elections
Chapter
20
Elections
Subchapter
00
N/A
Part
5
Declaration of Candidacy - Multiple Declarations (410-RICR-20-00-5)
Type of Filing
Periodic Refile
Regulation Status
Active
Effective
01/04/2022
Regulation Authority:
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-14-1 et seq.
Purpose and Reason:
This rule is being refiled by the agency pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-4.1. No changes were made to the text of this rule.
Rulemaking Documents are organized by document type and are part of this rule’s rulemaking record (R.I. Gen. Laws § 42-35-2.3). If multiple documents of the same type are listed below, each is a unique document.
If there are multiple Public Notice of Proposed Rulemaking documents, view each document to identify the most recently amended version, as it may be amended at any point during the Public Comment Period.
