§ 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.
History of Section.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.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 17-3 - General Assembly Members
Section 17-3-1. - Time of election — Term of office.
Section 17-3-2. - Adjournment of election meetings.
Section 17-3-3. - Adjourned elections on failure to elect.
Section 17-3-4. - Candidates and ballots at adjourned elections.
Section 17-3-5. - Death, refusal, or incapacity of senator or representative elect.
Section 17-3-6. - Vacancy in general assembly — Special elections.