A primary election for the nomination of candidates for each political party shall be held in each voting district in the manner provided in this chapter on the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-15-1
Date of primaries
Known as the Election Law
The act spans §§ 17-10-1 to 17-9-9 (616 sections).
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case The Cool Moose Party et al. v. State of Rhode Island et al. (1999)
Most recently applied in The Cool Moose Party et al. v. State of Rhode Island et al. (August 1999)
P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 2; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 17-15-1; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1961, ch. 70, § 4; P.L. 2019, ch. 202, § 2; P.L. 2019, ch. 245, § 2.
Official source: Rhode Island General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Rhode Island statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.