{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-14-2.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-14-2.1","heading":"Party candidates not eligible for independent nomination and independent candidates not eligible for party nomination.","body":"No person who has filed a declaration of candidacy as an independent candidate pursuant to § 17-14-1 for an office for which a party candidate may be nominated pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy as a party candidate for the same office or for any other public office in the same election year, and no person who has filed a declaration of candidacy as a party candidate pursuant to § 17-14-1 for an office for which an independent candidate may be nominated pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible to file a declaration of candidacy as an independent candidate for the same office or for any other public office in the same election year.","path":["Title 17 Elections","Chapter 14 Nomination of Party and Independent Candidates"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE17/17-14/17-14-2.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:02Z","sha256":"2164970e4c75678a30304130642fd9468f523ed8af40114dce83c64f90f28dea","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-14-2","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-14-3"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}