Chapter 268 |
2019 -- S 0628 Enacted 07/15/2019 |
A N A C T |
RELATING TO ELECTIONS - ELECTIVE MEETINGS |
Introduced By: Senators Goldin, Euer, DiPalma, Algiere, and Lynch Prata |
Date Introduced: March 14, 2019 |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
SECTION 1. Section 17-18-10 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-18 entitled "Elective |
Meetings" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
17-18-10. Time of opening of polls. |
(a) Elective meetings in the cities and towns named in this section shall be opened for the |
purpose of voting at the hours specified for each particular city or town as designated in the |
specific time as follows: |
(1) Barrington Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(2) Bristol Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(3) Burrillville Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(4) Central Falls Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(5) Charlestown Polls open at 7 a.m. |
for the biennial general election |
and 9 a.m. for all other elections |
(6) Coventry Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(7) Cranston Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(8) Cumberland Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(9) East Greenwich Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(10) East Providence Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(11) Exeter Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(12) Foster Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(13) Glocester Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(14) Hopkinton Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(15) Jamestown Polls open at 7 a.m. |
for the biennial general election |
and 8 a.m. for all other elections |
(16) Johnston Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(17) Lincoln Polls open at 7:00 a.m. |
(18) Little Compton Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(19) Middletown Polls open at 7 a.m. |
and 7 a.m. for Presidential Elections only |
(20) Narragansett Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(21) Newport Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(22) New Shoreham Polls open at 9 a.m. |
(23) North Kingstown Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(24) North Providence Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(25) North Smithfield Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(26) Pawtucket Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(27) Portsmouth Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(28) Providence Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(29) Richmond Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(30) Scituate Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(31) Smithfield Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(32) South Kingstown Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(33) Tiverton Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(34) Warren Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(35) Warwick Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(36) Westerly Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(37) West Greenwich Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(38) West Warwick Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(39) Woonsocket Polls open at 7 a.m. |
(b) In all special or primary elections in the towns of Hopkinton, Westerly, and Little |
Compton, polls shall open at 9:00 a.m. |
(c) In all presidential preference primaries in the town of New Shoreham, polls shall open |
at 12:00 p.m. |
(d) In all primary elections in all cities and towns, polls may open at 7:00 a.m. Notice |
shall be given and posted by the local board. |
SECTION 2. Section 17-20-16 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-20 entitled "Mail |
Ballots" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
17-20-16. Time of casting vote. |
Mail ballots may be cast in the manner provided by law on or before election day; |
provided, that no mail ballot shall be counted unless it is received by the state board not later than |
the time prescribed by § 17-18-11 for the closing of polling places on election day, except ballots |
cast under the provisions of § 17-20-6.1, which shall be counted if received by the state board by |
four o'clock p.m. (4:00) on the third day following a primary or four o'clock p.m. (4:00) on the |
seventh day following an election. |
SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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