Section 410-RICR-20-00-23.3 - DefinitionsA. "Board of Canvassers" means the board of canvassers in a city or town.B. "Board of Elections" or "State Board" means the Rhode Island Board of Elections.C. "CVRS" or "Central Voter Registration System" means the single, unified, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration system maintained and administered by the Office of the Secretary of State. The CVRS shall be the official voter registration system utilized by local boards of canvassers for the conduct of all federal, state and local elections in Rhode Island and shall include the name and registration information for every registered voter in the state.D. "Designated Election Official" means a member of the Board staff, or other person expressly authorized by the Board or its Executive Director to conduct functions that relate to the processing of mail ballot certification envelopes. All authority to qualify or disqualify a mail ballot shall be subject to Board review and determination when required. Provided further that before any mail ballot envelope is determined to be not qualified, the mail ballot envelope shall be reviewed by at least one member of the Board, who can then bring the matter to the entire Board when needed. Designated Election Officials shall be sworn in by a member of the Board, or its Executive Director, and shall promise to apply all laws and regulations pertaining to elections, including but not limited to those laws and regulations pertaining to the certification of mail ballots.E. "Political party" means a political party that has met the recognition requirements of R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-1-2(9).410 R.I. Code R. 410-RICR-20-00-23.3
Amended effective 9/7/2022