Gelch v. State Board of Elections

I cannot agree with the result reached by the majority today. It is my opinion that the requisite qualifications for seeking *1220elective office in the State of Rhode Island are explicitly and exclusively set out in article XXXIX, section 1, of the Articles of Amendment to the Rhode Island Constitution. It is my firm conviction that any provision of a city charter or state statute that purports to supplement or modify the provisions of art. XXXIX, sec. 1, are unconstitutional.

It is conceded by petitioner that Vincent A. Cianci, Jr., did not lose his status as a qualified elector when he entered a…