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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-17 > Chapter-17-9-1 > 17-9-1-4-1SECTION 17-9.1-4.1
§ 17-9.1-4.1 Registration drives at highschools. – It shall be the duty of local boards to annually conduct a voter registrationdrive at each high school within the city or town in cooperation with theadministration of the schools. Each principal of every public or private highschool and director of each vocational school in this state may be aregistration agent whose authority shall be limited to receiving and acceptingregistrations as electors from those qualified applicants who are enrolled asstudents within the school or are employed within the school. The principal ordirector may designate one or more persons in the school to serve asregistration agents with the same authority as the principal of the school,provided each designation is filed with the local board for the city or town inwhich the school is located. Each person who is a registration agent pursuantto this section shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her dutiesand shall be subject to removal as a registration agent by the local board forcause shown. All registration made under this section shall be made inaccordance with rules and regulations established by the local board of thecity or town in which the school is located.
