Rhode Island General Laws Title 45. Towns and Cities § 45-52-4. Board of canvassers

(a) There shall be a board of canvassers consisting of the tax assessor and tax collector.

(b) The board of canvassers shall meet and canvass the voting list of the district on the last Monday of June in every year and shall make out a correct alphabetic list of the voters of the district, indicating those, if any, who are disqualified because of arrears in the payment of taxes, and shall certify the correctness of the list and file it with the district clerk.

(c) The board of canvassers shall hold a meeting on the day of, and immediately preceding, each annual and special meeting of the district, and shall correct the list of voters by showing which of the voters are then in arrears in the payment of taxes and by adding the name of every person qualified to vote whose name is not on the list of voters. The list of voters, so corrected, shall be certified by the board of canvassers and filed with the district clerk before the meeting is called to order.