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RI Gen L § 17-12-6.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-6.1 - Composition of town committees in Johnston.

§ 17-12-6.1. Composition of town committees in Johnston.Notwithstanding the provisions of §§ 17-12-6 and 17-12-7, the town committees of the town of Johnston shall consist of twenty-five (25) members; five (5) each to be elected from the qualified electors of the five (5) council districts of the town comprising the respective candidates from each district receiving the most votes in each district. The five (5) members elected from each district shall constitute a council district committee, which shall organize and endorse the council and school committee candidates from each district. The town committee shall elect a chairperson and provide the endorsement for the party candidate for mayor.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 96, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12-7 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-7 - Composition of city and district committees - Appointment.

§ 17-12-7. Composition of city and district committees — Appointment.The members of the several ward committees in each city of the same political party shall constitute the city committee of the political party for that city. For each of the political parties, there shall be a senatorial district committee for each senatorial district to consist of five (5) members where the senatorial district is contained within a single city or town, and to consist of seven (7) members where the senatorial district includes all or parts of two (2) or more cities or towns. Senatorial district committee members shall, in the first instance, be appointed by the chairperson of the state committee of the party. There shall be a representative district committee for each representative district to consist of three (3) members where the representative district is contained within a single city or town, and to consist of five (5) members where the representative district includes all or parts of two (2) or more cities or towns. Representative district committee members shall, in the first instance, be appointed by the chairperson of the state committee of the party. The senatorial and representative district committee members shall be qualified electors of their respective districts and shall hold office respectively from the date of their appointment and until the next election of the committees, and thereafter until their successors have been elected, qualified, and organized.History of Section.P.L. 2002, ch. 4, § 7.
RI Gen L § 17-12-8 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-8 - Qualifications and terms of committee members.

§ 17-12-8. Qualifications and terms of committee members.(a) No member of a ward, town, or district committee shall hold or continue to hold membership on the ward, town, or district committee, unless that member is a qualified elector of the ward, town, or district.(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, ward, district, town, and city committee members shall hold office, respectively, from the date of their election until the next election of the committees, and thereafter until their successors has been duly elected, qualified, and organized.(c) Candidates for ward, town, or district committee members shall file declarations of candidacy biennially, in every even year, in accordance with § 17-14-1.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 5; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-9; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-8; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 248, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12-9 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-9 - Organization of city, town, and district committees - Officers - Lists of officers and members.

§ 17-12-9. Organization of city, town, and district committees — Officers — Lists of officers and members.(a) All city, town, and district committees shall organize biennially in the month of January in every odd year; provided, that the city committee of the city of Providence shall organize quadrennially.(b) Each city committee organized under this section may elect not exceeding three (3) officers outside its membership from among the voters of the same political party in the city, and the officers shall, by virtue of their election, become members of the city committee and shall hold office until the next organization meeting of the committee.(c) Each city committee, town committee, and district committee, within ten (10) days after its organization, shall file with the secretary of state and with the local board a list of its officers and members.(d) The chairperson of the city committee of each political party in the city of Providence shall appoint the members of a ward committee for each of the several wards of the city of Providence. These appointed ward committee members shall hold office until their successors shall have been duly elected, qualified, and organized.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 6; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2476, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-10; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-9; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1967, ch. 54, § 1; P.L. 1970, ch. 35, § 1; P.L. 1982, ch. 405, § 1; P.L. 1988, ch. 84, § 74.
RI Gen L § 17-12-9.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-9.1 - Members of ward committees for the city of East Providence.

§ 17-12-9.1. Members of ward committees for the city of East Providence.The chairperson of the East Providence city committee for each political party shall appoint the members of a ward committee for each of the several wards of the city of East Providence. These appointed ward committee members shall hold office until their successors shall have been duly elected, qualified, and organized.History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 432, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12-10 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-10 - Rules and management by city, town, and district committees.

§ 17-12-10. Rules and management by city, town, and district committees.City, town, and district committees of each political party may make rules not inconsistent with the rules of the state committee, and except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the general management of the affairs of each political party in the respective cities, towns, and districts shall be vested in the city, town, or district committee, respectively, subject to all state committee rules.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 6; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2476, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-11; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-10; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12-11 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-11 - Endorsement by local committees.

§ 17-12-11. Endorsement by local committees.(a) (1) Each town, ward, and city committee shall file with the appropriate local board the list of candidates in the town, ward, or city which have the endorsement of the committees.(2) Endorsements by town, ward, and city committees shall be signed by three (3) officers of the committee.(b) (1) Each district committee shall file with the board of canvassers of the city or town of residence of the senatorial or representative candidate endorsed, except that if the candidate is a resident of Providence the endorsement shall be filed with the secretary of state, the list of candidates in the district which have the endorsement of the committee.(2) Endorsements by district committees shall be signed by a majority of those members presently on the committee.(c) Endorsements shall be filed with the appropriate local board or the secretary of state, as the case may be, not later than four o'clock (4:00) p.m. of the day after the last day for filing declarations of candidacy.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 6; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2476, § 5; P.L. 1952, ch. 2923, § 2; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-12; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-11; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1980, ch. 286, § 1; P.L. 1987, ch. 389, § 3; P.L. 1992, ch. 248, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12-12 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-12 - Vacancies in district committees.

§ 17-12-12. Vacancies in district committees.(a) In the event that the candidates elected to a district committee from a district do not equal the number of party committee members to which the district is entitled to be represented under provisions of § 17-12-7, a vacancy or vacancies exist to the extent of the difference between the number of elected members and the number of members by which the district is entitled to be represented. When the vacancy or vacancies exist, they shall be filled by the committee to which insufficient members were elected, in the manner provided for in this section.(b) In the event of the appointment or election to a committee of an ineligible person, or whenever any member of the committee dies, resigns, or becomes incapacitated to act, or removes from the jurisdiction of the committee, or ceases to be a member of the political party, a vacancy exists which shall be filled by appointment by the committee in which the ineligibility or vacancy occurs. The removal of residence by an elected or appointment member of a committee from the district from which he or she has been elected or appointed a member of that committee shall constitute his or her resignation from the committee.(c) Any vacancy occurring in any of the officers and/or membership of the district committees shall be filled by the remaining members of the committee. A statement of that action by any committee shall be filed with the secretary of state and with the local board.(d) If any vacancy occurs with respect to the membership of a district committee, and the vacancy is not filled within forty-five (45) days of the date of notice of the vacancy to the remaining members of the committee, the vacancy shall be filled by the state committee of the political party involved, the executive committee of the state committee or any duly elected subcommittee of the executive committee or by the state chairperson of the political party if so authorized. A statement of that action shall be filed with the secretary of state and with the local board.(e) In the event a district committee shall not organize or reorganize pursuant to § 17-12-9, the incumbent senator or representative, or the state committee chairperson in the case of the party not affiliated with the senator or representative, shall appoint a district committee which shall be the lawful district committee.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 6; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; P.L. 1950, ch. 2476, § 5; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-13; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-12; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 248, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12-12.1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-12.1 - Vacancies in city or ward committees.

§ 17-12-12.1. Vacancies in city or ward committees.(a) Any vacancy occurring in any of the offices and/or membership of city, town, or ward committees shall be filled by the remaining members of the committee. A statement of that action by any committee shall be filed as in the case of officers and members first chosen.(b) If any vacancy occurs either with respect to any office of a city or ward committee or with respect to the membership of any city or ward committee, and the vacancy is not filled within forty-five (45) days of the date upon which the vacancy occurs pursuant to the provisions of § 17-12-12, the vacancy shall be filled by the city committee of the political party involved or the executive committee of the city committee or any duly elected subcommittee of the executive committee or by the city chairperson of the political party if so authorized. The committee shall file a statement setting forth the appointment or appointments as in the case of officers and members first chosen in accordance with § 17-12-11.(c) A statement of that action by any committee shall be filed as in the case of officers and members first chosen in accordance with § 17-12-11.(d) The removal of residence by an elected or appointment member of a ward committee from the ward from which he or she has been elected or appointed shall constitute his or her resignation from the city or ward committee.History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 36, § 3; P.L. 1991, ch. 278, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 248, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 58, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 71, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12-12.2 (2021)
2021 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.

§ 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.
RI Gen L § 17-12-13 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-13 - State conventions.

§ 17-12-13. State conventions.There shall be held not later than October 14 of every even year a state convention for each political party. The nominees of a party for senator and for representatives in congress, for the five (5) general offices, and for membership in the general assembly shall be delegates to the state convention of that party. In presidential election years, these conventions shall select the party nominees for presidential electors and their names shall be placed on the ballot for the forthcoming election.History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 33; P.L. 1948, ch. 2100, § 1; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-14; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-13; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1996, ch. 277, § 7; P.L. 1996, ch. 298, § 7; P.L. 2018, ch. 50, § 1; P.L. 2018, ch. 52, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12-14 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-14 - Election of delegates to national conventions.

§ 17-12-14. Election of delegates to national conventions.The local boards of the several cities and towns of the state are authorized and directed to furnish for the use of any political party in this state, upon written request of the chairperson of the state central committee, acting under a resolution of the committee, voting places in which primary meetings may be held to elect delegates to the national convention of the political party. The boards shall have the voting places open on the date and during the hours requested by the chairperson of the committee, so long as that election of delegates is scheduled on the first Tuesday next after the first Monday of any month, and shall furnish to the officers appointed to act at the primary meetings any paraphernalia, including check lists, that are generally required and used in elective meetings; provided, that the political party first requesting the use of the voting places on and for a certain date shall be entitled to the use of them on that date; and if the date is one requested by some other political party, the other political party, through the chairperson of the committee, may request another date. In cities a voting place and paraphernalia for voting shall be furnished and provided for each ward into which the cities may be divided; and in each of the towns of Burrillville, Cumberland, and Lincoln, at least two (2) voting places and the paraphernalia for voting, and in every other town at least one voting place and the paraphernalia for voting, shall be furnished and provided. The local boards shall not be required to provide for the compensation for services of the officers appointed to act at the primary meetings, nor shall anything contained in this section be held to affect the method of holding elections already provided for by law.History of Section.P.L. 1912, ch. 815, §§ 1, 2; G.L. 1923, ch. 8, § 23; G.L. 1938, ch. 313, § 23; impl. am. P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 39; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-15; G.L. 1956, § 17-12-14; P.L. 1958, ch. 18, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 116, § 9; P.L. 2018, ch. 182, § 5; P.L. 2018, ch. 279, § 5.
RI Gen L § 17-12-15 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-15 - Qualifying as a political party through independent candidacy.

§ 17-12-15. Qualifying as a political party through independent candidacy.An independent candidate for governor or president of the United States in a general election shall not be entitled to establish a political party, notwithstanding that the candidate shall receive five percent (5%) of the votes cast as provided in § 17-1-2(9), unless the candidate shall, at the time of filing a declaration of candidacy, simultaneously indicate, on a form provided by the secretary of state, the candidate's intent to establish a political party, together with the name of the political organization which the candidate represents and the names and addresses of the chairperson and secretary of the organization.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 416, § 3.
RI Gen L § 17-12-16 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-16 - Qualifying as a political party by petition - Names of officers - Endorsements and other official communications.

§ 17-12-16. Qualifying as a political party by petition — Names of officers — Endorsements and other official communications.Any political organization wishing to qualify as a political party by the submission of petitions under § 17-1-2(9) shall, at the time of receiving the petition forms from the board of elections, file with the board, on a form to be provided by the board, the name of the political organization and the names and addresses of its chairperson and secretary. If the organization later qualifies as a political party by the submission of the requisite number of valid signatures, and until the appropriate party committees have been established, all endorsements and other official written communications from the party to the board of elections, secretary of state, local boards of canvassers and other state and municipal agencies shall be signed on behalf of the party by the chairperson and secretary, whose names and addresses are on file with the board of elections as required by this section.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 185, § 3; P.L. 1994, ch. 416, § 3.
RI Gen L § 17-12-17 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12 - Party Committees and Conventions|Section 17-12-17 - Names of political parties.

§ 17-12-17. Names of political parties.No political party may use or adopt a name which is similar to the name of another political party or which contains the name of another political party.History of Section.P.L. 1994, ch. 342, § 2.
RI Gen L § 17-12.1-1 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12.1 - Primaries for Election of Delegates to National Conventions and for Presidential Preference|Section 17-12.1-1 - Date of primaries for election of delegates to national conventions.

§ 17-12.1-1. Date of primaries for election of delegates to national conventions.A primary election for the election of delegates to the national convention for each political party shall be held in the manner provided in this chapter on the fourth Tuesday in April 2012, and every fourth year thereafter.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2; P.L. 1983, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 303, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12.1-2 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12.1 - Primaries for Election of Delegates to National Conventions and for Presidential Preference|Section 17-12.1-2 - Number of delegates to be elected - Method of election.

§ 17-12.1-2. Number of delegates to be elected — Method of election.At each primary there shall be elected for each congressional district of this state the number of delegates and alternates that shall be determined by the national committee of the party and certified to the secretary of state not later than the first Tuesday in January preceding the primary by the state committee of the party. The method of election of candidates for delegate shall be in accordance with party rules certified to the secretary of state by the chairperson of the state committee on or before the first Tuesday in January of each year a primary is to be held pursuant to this chapter.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 2; P.L. 1979, ch. 287, § 1; P.L. 1983, ch. 183, § 1.
RI Gen L § 17-12.1-3 (2021)
2021 Rhode Island General Laws|Title 17 - Elections|Chapter 17-12.1 - Primaries for Election of Delegates to National Conventions and for Presidential Preference|Section 17-12.1-3 - Declaration of candidacy - Delegates.

§ 17-12.1-3. Declaration of candidacy — Delegates.During the sixty-first (61st) and sixty-second (62nd) day preceding a primary for election of delegates to a national convention, each voter desiring to be a delegate at the forthcoming convention shall, on the form that shall be provided by the secretary of state, sign his or her name as it appears on the voting list and file, not later than four (4:00) p.m. of the date of filing with the secretary of state, a declaration of candidacy which shall include the following information:(1) His or her name and address as they appear on the voting list, party designation, place and date of birth, and length of residence in the state and in the town or city where he or she resides.(2) A statement that, if elected, he or she would comply with all party rules of the national committee of the party designated in subdivision (1) of this section relating to delegates to national conventions and conducting of national conventions.(3) At the same time as the declaration of candidacy is filed, the appropriate pledge of support form provided to the secretary of state by the political parties must be filed by the candidate for delegate.(4) If any candidate for delegate does not thereafter wish his or her name to appear on the ballot, the candidate shall, at least forty-nine (49) days prior to the date for the primary, file an affidavit with the secretary of state stating his or her name may not be placed on the ballot and the secretary of state shall not place that candidate's name on the ballot.History of Section.P.L. 1975, ch. 275, § 3; P.L. 1983, ch. 183, § 1; P.L. 1995, ch. 80, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 390, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 479, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 218, § 1; P.L. 2011, ch. 303, § 1.