§ 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.
History of Section.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.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 17-18 - Elective Meetings
Section 17-18-1. - Warning and organization of town elective meetings.
Section 17-18-2. - Warning and organization of ward elective meetings.
Section 17-18-4. - Return of warrant.
Section 17-18-5. - Date of general elective meetings.
Section 17-18-5.1. - Elections falling on religious holiday.
Section 17-18-6. - District moderator and clerk.
Section 17-18-7. - Place and time of district elective meetings — Moderator and clerks as quorum.
Section 17-18-8. - Town and elective meetings continuously open for voting.
Section 17-18-9. - District meetings open whole day.
Section 17-18-10. - Time of opening of polls.
Section 17-18-11. - Time of closing of polls.
Section 17-18-12. - Adjournment of ward and district meetings.
Section 17-18-13. - Reopening of town elective meetings — Certificates.
Section 17-18-14. - Application to elections conducted on optical scan precinct count voting system.