Rhode Island Board of Elections

Forms

If you are a registered voter, you may vote by mail only if:

You will be absent from the state on election day during the entire time the polls are open;
You will be absent from the city or town of your voting residence during the entire time the polls are open because you are a student or spouse of a student at an institution of higher learning within the state;
It would be an undue hardship for you to vote at the polls because you are incapacitated due to illness or mental or physical disability, blindness or serious impairment of mobility.
You are forbidden by the tenets of your religious faith from voting on election day;
You are confined to a hospital, rest home, convalescent home, nursing home or similar institution, public or private;
You are being detained while awaiting trial or imprisoned for any cause other than final conviction of a felony;
You will be temporarily absent from the state because of employment or service connected with military operations or are a spouse or dependent of such a person;
(see below)
You are employed by the State Board of Elections or the local Board of Canvassers or a poll worker assigned to work on Election Day outside of your voting district;