State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-17 > Chapter-17-23 > 17-23-2

SECTION 17-23-2

   § 17-23-2  Signature of posters, fliers,and circulars. – No person shall intentionally write, print, post, or distribute, or cause to bewritten, printed, posted, or distributed, a circular, flier, or poster designedor tending to injure or defeat any candidate for nomination or election to anypublic office, by criticizing the candidate's personal character or politicalaction, or designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat any question submittedto the voters, unless there appears upon the circular, flier, or poster in aconspicuous place the name of the author and either the names of thechairperson and secretary, or of two (2) officers, of the political or otherorganization issuing the poster, flier, or circular, or of some voter who isresponsible for it, with the voter's name and residence, and the street andnumbers, if any.

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-17 > Chapter-17-23 > 17-23-2

SECTION 17-23-2

   § 17-23-2  Signature of posters, fliers,and circulars. – No person shall intentionally write, print, post, or distribute, or cause to bewritten, printed, posted, or distributed, a circular, flier, or poster designedor tending to injure or defeat any candidate for nomination or election to anypublic office, by criticizing the candidate's personal character or politicalaction, or designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat any question submittedto the voters, unless there appears upon the circular, flier, or poster in aconspicuous place the name of the author and either the names of thechairperson and secretary, or of two (2) officers, of the political or otherorganization issuing the poster, flier, or circular, or of some voter who isresponsible for it, with the voter's name and residence, and the street andnumbers, if any.


State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-17 > Chapter-17-23 > 17-23-2

SECTION 17-23-2

   § 17-23-2  Signature of posters, fliers,and circulars. – No person shall intentionally write, print, post, or distribute, or cause to bewritten, printed, posted, or distributed, a circular, flier, or poster designedor tending to injure or defeat any candidate for nomination or election to anypublic office, by criticizing the candidate's personal character or politicalaction, or designed or tending to aid, injure, or defeat any question submittedto the voters, unless there appears upon the circular, flier, or poster in aconspicuous place the name of the author and either the names of thechairperson and secretary, or of two (2) officers, of the political or otherorganization issuing the poster, flier, or circular, or of some voter who isresponsible for it, with the voter's name and residence, and the street andnumbers, if any.