VOTER REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
STATE OF
RHODE ISLAND
Registration Deadline — 30 days before the election.
6. ID Number. The applicant shall be required to provide his/her Rhode Island driver's license number if the applicant has been issued a current and valid Rhode Island driver's license. In the case of an applicant who has not been issued a current and valid driver's license he/she must provide the last four (4) digits of his/her social security number. An applicant, who has neither, will be assigned a unique identifying number by the State of Rhode Island.
7. Choice of Party. In Rhode Island, a person must register with a party if he/she wishes to take part in that party's primary election. A person who fails to register with a party at the time of registration may, if he/she chooses, register with a party on the day of that party's primary and take part in that party's primary election. If a person does not register with a party, he/she can still vote in general elections and non-partisan primary elections.
8. Race or Ethnic Group. Leave blank.
9. Signature. To register in Rhode Island you must:
• be a citizen of the United States
• be a resident of Rhode Island for 30 days preceding the next election
• be 18 years old by election day
• be neither serving a sentence, including probation or parole, for which you were imprisoned, upon final conviction of a felony imposed on any date; nor serving any sentence, whether incarcerated or suspended, on probation or parole, upon final conviction of a felony committed after November 5, 1986
• not have been lawfully judged to be mentally incompetent
Mailing address:
Rhode Island State Board of Elections
50 Branch Ave.
Providence, RI 02904-2790