2017 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 17 - Elections
Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions
Section 17-12-12.2 - Failure of ward and city committees to endorse.

Universal Citation: RI Gen L § 17-12-12.2 (2017)

§ 17-12-12.2. Failure of ward and city committees to endorse.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special act to the contrary, in the event that a ward committee or a city committee of a political party of a particular city has failed or neglected to do so, the executive committee of the city committee of that city, any duly selected subcommittee of the executive committee or the city chairperson of the political party involved, if so authorized, within twenty-four (24) weekday hours of the failure, may endorse and notify the local board of the endorsement, if any, of the candidates for city council, ward committee member, and mayor, as the case may be, to be voted on in the primary.

History of Section.
(P.L. 1969, ch. 36, § 3; P.L. 1987, ch. 389, § 4.)

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