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