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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-15-1 (2026)

Date of primaries

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A primary election for the nomination of candidates for each political party shall be held in each voting district in the manner provided in this chapter on the eighth Tuesday preceding biennial state elections.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases, 1970–1999 · leading case: Malinou v. Bd. of Elections, 271 A.2d 798 (R.I. 1970).
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Malinou v. Bd. of Elections, 271 A.2d 798 (R.I. 1970). · cites it 4× “The General Assembly has also established a timetable which the candidates and state and local election officials must meet in order to assure that the primary will be held as scheduled. Chapter 14 of title 17 contains this timetable.”
Gill v. State of Rhode Island, 933 F. Supp. 151 (D.R.I. 1996). · cites it 4× “G.L. § 17-15-1 et. seq., Primary Elections; R.”
The Cool Moose Party v. State of Rhode Island, 183 F.3d 80 (1st Cir. 1999). “§ 1983 seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from various provisions of Rhode Island’s primary election laws, R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 17-15-1 to 17 — 15— 44.”
Charlestown Democratic Town Comm. v. Connell, 789 F. Supp. 517 (D.R.I. 1992). · cites it 2× “A citizen must register to vote thirty days before an upcoming primary.”
Yale v. Curvin, 345 F. Supp. 447 (D.R.I. 1972). · cites it 2× “G.L. § 17-15-1. In the September, 1970 primaries, the plaintiffs in one manner or another, as set forth in the questioned sections, became participants in the election process of a party or of an independent candidate and now wish to vote in the 1972 primary of the opposite…”
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