In Re Opinion of the Justices

November 2, 1940.

To His Excellency, William H. Vanderbilt,

Governor of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.

We have received from Your Excellency a request for our written opinion upon a question of law in accordance with section 2 of article XII of the amendments to the constitution of this state. The question is as follows:

"Is the board of canvassers of any city or town in this State authorized, by virtue of Section 1 of Article XX of the Amendments to the Constitution of Rhode Island, to remove from the voting list of such city or town the name of an elector, merely upon the…