Rhode Island Statutes § 17-4-11 Meeting of electors - vacanciesVersion dated Oct. 30, 2024

This is an older version of § 17-4-11 Meeting of electors - vacancies which we archived on October 30, 2024.

Statute Text

Presidential electors elected pursuant to this chapter shall meet in the state house in the city of Providence on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December after their election, at the hour of 12 o'clock noon of that day, and if there is any vacancy in the office of electors, occasioned by death, refusal to act, neglect to attend, or other cause, the electors present shall immediately proceed to fill, by roll call and by a plurality of votes, the vacancy in the electoral college; and when the electors appear, or the vacancy is filled as provided in this section, they shall proceed to perform the duties required of electors by the Constitution and laws of the United States.

History

P.L. 1901, ch. 827, § 6; G.L. 1909, ch. 17, § 6; G.L. 1923, ch. 16, § 6; P.L. 1929, ch. 1407, § 1; G.L. 1936, ch. 16, § 5; P.L. 1936 s.s. , ch. 2439, § 2; G.L. 1938, ch. 323, § 3; G.L. 1956, § 17-4-3; G.L. 1956, § 17-4-11; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1.