Excerpt from Brown Alumni Monthly, Vol. 72: November 1971 After a long wait, Rhode Island At torney General Richard Israel '51 has handed down a ruling on student voter registration that could be just vague enough to raise more questions than it answered. A student may register at his college address said Israel last month, only if he has an intention to maintain his place of abode in the city or town for an indefinite period. If challenged, a student must supply proof that he in tends to remain a resident. The ruling came in the form of an advisory Opinion to the Board of Elec tion in South Kingstown, where the Uni versity of Rhode Island is located. Al though the ruling is binding only on South Kingstown, it is likely that the opinion will set a precedent for all local canvassers in the state. The effect of Israel's ruling is that students in Rhode Island colleges who definitely plan to leave the state when they graduate will not be eligible to vote locally. Israel did not offer any specific answer to how a student's intention may be determined or what constituted an indefinite period of time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.