TITLE 17
Elections
CHAPTER 17-22
Tabulation and Certification of Returns by State Board
SECTION 17-22-1
§ 17-22-1 Commencement and continuance of
tabulations.
The state board shall commence the counting, canvassing, and tabulating of all
votes cast, including mail ballots, at nine o'clock (9:00) p.m. on any election
day at which mail ballots may be cast and within twenty-four (24) hours after
any other election or primary, and shall continue and complete the tabulation
with all reasonable expedition by using an optical scan count system.
History of Section.
(P.L. 1901, ch. 825, § 3; P.L. 1905, ch. 1229, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch.
19, § 3; P.L. 1914, ch. 1050, § 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 18, § 3; P.L.
1930, ch. 1592, § 1; G.L. 1938, ch. 311, § 3; impl. am. P.L. 1941,
ch. 1040, § 1; impl. am. P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, §§ 36, 39; G.L.
1956, § 17-22-1; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1963, ch. 73, § 4;
P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 14; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 14.)
