Section 410-RICR-20-00-10.4 - Requirements of CollectorsA. A collector, who may be any person 18 years of age or older, must personally witness the signature of each person and shall sign and attest before a notary public that each person who signed the nomination papers appeared personally before him or her and signed the nomination papers in the presence of the. Said collector must have personal knowledge that each person actually signed the document and must provide on the nomination paper form the collector's printed name, residence address, and telephone number.B. Every voter signing a nomination paper shall sign in person with his or her name, place of residence, and street number, as it appears on the voting list. The signature shall be accepted as valid if it can be reasonably identified to be the signature of the voter it purports to be. A variation of the voter's signature by the insertion or omission of identifying titles or by the substitution of initials of the first or middle names, or both, shall not in itself be grounds for invalidation of the signature. Any voter who is unable to write may sign by making his or her mark "X" on the nomination paper in the presence of two (2) witnesses who shall subscribe their names on the paper as witnesses to the signing.C. A voter may sign any number of nomination papers for any office the voter may lawfully vote for at the primary or general election.D. If it is discovered that any signature(s) are not obtained in the "presence" of the collector, then the Board of Elections and/or the local board may strike each invalidly obtained signature from the nomination papers.410 R.I. Code R. 410-RICR-20-00-10.4
Amended effective 7/22/2024