Rhode Island General Laws
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-14-9 (2026)
Number of papers signed by same voter
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A voter may sign any number of nomination papers for any office the voter may lawfully vote for at the general election.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1977–2009 · leading case: Gill v. State of Rhode Island, 933 F. Supp. 151 (D.R.I. 1996).
Gill v. State of Rhode Island, 933 F. Supp. 151 (D.R.I. 1996). “This is certainly not an onerous burden. In addition, it is made even less so because the Rhode Island election laws provide that “[a] voter may sign any number of nomination papers for any office the voter may lawfully vote for at the general election.”
Vlasaty v. Rhode Island State Bd. of Elections, 376 A.2d 320 (R.I. 1977). “Section 17-14-9 provides, in part: “In the event that a voter shall sign more nomination papers for any office than is permitted by law, the first nomination paper or papers, up to the maximum which he is entitled to sign, shall be valid, but his signature on all nomination…”
Fontes v. City of Cent. Falls, 660 F. Supp. 2d 244 (D.R.I. 2009). “Pursuant to R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-14-9 “[a] voter may sign any number of nomination papers for any office the voter may lawfully vote for at the general election.”
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