Rhode Island § 17-3-4 - General Assembly Members
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§ 17-3-4. General Assembly Members
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-3-4
§ 17-3-4. Candidates and ballots at adjourned elections.
At the adjourned elections provided for in § 17-3-3, the official ballot shall contain the names of the candidates for the offices for which there was no choice at the first election, and shall be printed and supplied by the secretary of state; provided, that in case any candidate has died, the senatorial district or representative district committee, as the case may be, of the party to which the candidate belonged may substitute the name of some other person as a candidate and that name shall be printed upon the official ballot, if the substitution is made in time to allow it to be printed.
History of Section.
P.L. 1905, ch. 1230, § 7; G.L. 1909, ch. 15, § 7; G.L. 1923, ch. 14, § 7; G.L. 1938,
ch. 321, § 6; G.L. 1956, § 17-2-4; G.L. 1956, § 17-3-4; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L.
1966, ch. 116, § 3; P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 3; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 3.
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Section 17-3-4 ("General Assembly Members") is part of the Rhode Island General Laws, the codified statutory law of Rhode Island. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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