Chapter 302
2008 -- H 8023
Enacted 07/05/08
A N A C T
RELATING
TO ELECTIONS -- NORTH KINGSTOWN
Introduced
By: Representatives Ehrhardt, Lally, and Carter
Date
Introduced: March 11, 2008
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. for the biennial general election and 9 a.m. for all
other elections
(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 8 a.m.
(18) Little
Compton Polls open at 7 a.m.
(19) Middletown
Polls open at 8 a.m. and 7 a.m. for Presidential Elections only
(20) Narragansett
Polls open at 7 a.m.
(21) Newport Polls
open at 8 a.m.
(22) New Shoreham
Polls open at 9 a.m.
(23) North
Kingstown Polls open at 7 a.m. for the biennial general election and 8 a.m.
for
all other elections
(24) North
Providence Polls open at 7 a.m.
(25) North
Smithfield Polls open at 8 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 6 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 8 a.m.
(34) Warren Polls
open at 8 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 8 a.m.
(b) In all special
or primary elections in the towns of Hopkinton, Westerly, Richmond,
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. This
act shall take effect upon passage.
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