{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-21.1-1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-21.1-1","heading":"Applicability.","body":"This chapter is enacted pursuant to Public Law 94-203, passed by the congress of the United States and approved on January 2, 1976, and applies to all federal elections to select, nominate, and/or elect candidates for president, vice-president, presidential electors, members of the United States senate, and members of the United States house of representatives.","path":["Title 17 Elections","Chapter 21.1 Registration and Voting in Federal Elections by Citizens Residing Outside the United States"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE17/17-21.1/17-21.1-1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:05Z","sha256":"e20ac1ba52393e06747b97bbc56cdfc683a3ef32827471fcc5725857fcdd6c2d","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-21-1-17-21-43","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-21.1-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}