Chapter 041
2022 -- H 7422
Enacted 06/08/2022

A N   A C T
RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- ELECTIVE MEETINGS

Introduced By: Representatives Baginski, Potter, and Fenton-Fung

Date Introduced: February 09, 2022

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
     SECTION 1. Section 17-18-3 of the General Laws in Chapter 17-18 entitled "Elective
Meetings" is hereby amended to read as follows:
     17-18-3. Warning and organization of senatorial district, representative district, and
voting district meetings.
     Senatorial district meetings, representative district meetings, and voting district meetings
for the purposes of election shall be warned and organized as is or may be provided by law, and
notice of all these meetings shall be given by the city or town clerk issuing his or her warrant,
directed to the town sergeant or one of the constables of that city or town, or in the event that the
town sergeant or a constable is not available, to any member of the town or city clerk's office or
member of the board of canvassers, directing him or her to post, at least seven (7) days before the
day appointed for these meetings, written notifications in one or more public places in each voting
district, and in each senatorial and representative district not divided into voting districts, of the
time when, and place where, each meeting is to be held, and of the business required by law to be
transacted in the meeting, and stating in the warrant the time of the opening and closing of the polls
at each elective meeting to be held in that city or town; provided, that the local boards may, at their
discretion, substitute notification by publication in a newspaper having local circulation for
notification by posting in public places; and further provided, that in the cities of Providence,
Pawtucket, Central Falls, Newport, Cranston, Warwick, and Woonsocket, the notice shall be given
and posted by the local board.
     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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