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Section 17-9.1-29 Penalty for unsubstantiated challenge.

RI Gen L § 17-9.1-29 (2019) (N/A)
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§ 17-9.1-29. Penalty for unsubstantiated challenge. Every person who willfully and maliciously challenges the registration of a voter without reasonable cause to suspect that the voter is not qualified shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, in addition, be liable to the challenged voter for compensatory and punitive damages as well as for his or her counsel fees. The mere fact that a challenge was not sustained by the board shall not give rise to any civil or criminal liability of the objector.

History of Section. (P.L. 1994, ch. 171, § 4.)

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