Rhode Island § 17-3-2 § 17-3-2. Adjournment of election meetings.

Rhode Island Statutes

§ 17-3-2 — § 17-3-2. Adjournment of election meetings.

Rhode Island § 17-3-2

Title 17Elections

Ch. 17-3General Assembly Members

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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-3-2 (2026).

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§ 17-3-2. Adjournment of election meetings.
All senatorial district, representative district, and voting district meetings held
            in any district for the election of senators and representatives in the general assembly,
            or of any one or more of them, shall, at the time of closing the polls in that district
            as prescribed by law, stand adjourned until the date named in the warrant provided
            in § 17-3-3 to be issued in case of no election, or until the state board has notified the secretary
            of state that an election of senator and representative in the general assembly from
            the district has been made.
         

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§ 17-3-2. Adjournment of election meetings.

All senatorial district, representative district, and voting district meetings held in any district for the election of senators and representatives in the general assembly, or of any one or more of them, shall, at the time of closing the polls in that district as prescribed by law, stand adjourned until the date named in the warrant provided in § 17-3-3 to be issued in case of no election, or until the state board has notified the secretary of state that an election of senator and representative in the general assembly from the district has been made.

Legislative History

P.L. 1905, ch. 1230, § 2; G.L. 1909, ch. 15, § 2; P.L. 1910, ch. 640, § 30; G.L. 1923, ch. 14, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 321, § 2; impl. am. P.L. 1941, ch. 1040, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 17-2-2; G.L. 1956, § 17-3-2; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 116, § 3.