Rhode Island § 17-18-8 § 17-18-8. Town and elective meetings continuously open for voting.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-18-8 — § 17-18-8. Town and elective meetings continuously open for voting.

Rhode Island·Title 17 Elections·Ch. 17-18 Elective Meetings

§ 17-18-8. Town and elective meetings continuously open for voting.
All town meetings and elective meetings for the election of general officers, senators
            and representatives in the general assembly, representatives in congress, and electors
            of president and vice-president of the United States, shall be opened at a specified
            hour in the morning and shall be continuously kept open for voting until a specified
            hour in the afternoon, as provided in §§ 17-18-10 and 17-18-11.
         

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§ 17-18-8. Town and elective meetings continuously open for voting.

All town meetings and elective meetings for the election of general officers, senators and representatives in the general assembly, representatives in congress, and electors of president and vice-president of the United States, shall be opened at a specified hour in the morning and shall be continuously kept open for voting until a specified hour in the afternoon, as provided in §§ 17-18-10 and 17-18-11.

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Legislative History

G.L. 1896, ch. 9, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 9, § 14; G.L. 1909, ch. 9, § 9; P.L. 1910, ch. 640, § 3; P.L. 1917, ch. 1519, § 1; G.L. 1923, ch. 9, § 9; G.L. 1938, ch. 314, § 9; G.L. 1956, § 17-18-8; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1.