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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-17 > Chapter-17-18 > 17-18-3SECTION 17-18-3
§ 17-18-3 Warning and organization ofsenatorial district, representative district, and voting district meetings.– Senatorial district meetings, representative district meetings, and votingdistrict meetings for the purposes of election shall be warned and organized asis or may be provided by law, and notice of all these meetings shall be givenby the city or town clerk issuing his or her warrant, directed to the townsergeant or one of the constables of that city or town, or in the event thatthe town sergeant or a constable is not available, to any member of the town orcity clerk's office or member of the board of canvassers, directing him or herto 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, andin each senatorial and representative district not divided into votingdistricts, of the time when, and place where, each meeting is to be held, andof the business required by law to be transacted in the meeting, and stating inthe warrant the time of the opening and closing of the polls at each electivemeeting to be held in that city or town; provided, that in the cities ofProvidence, Pawtucket, Central Falls, Newport, Cranston, Warwick, andWoonsocket, the notice shall be given and posted by the local board.
