Rhode Island General Laws
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-15-6 (2026)
Conventions and caucuses replaced — Parties holding primaries — Forms
✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases:
SyfertCases citing this section
RI-LEGwebserver.rilegislature.gov
JustiaTitle on Justia
CornellLII Search
CasesGoogle Scholar
The primary elections held pursuant to this chapter shall replace the party conventions and caucuses for making the nominations provided for in this title, but party conventions shall be held for the purposes that are authorized by § 17-12-13. Primaries shall be held only by political parties. Except as otherwise provided in this title, any and all forms prescribed by this chapter shall be prepared and provided by the secretary of state and shall be, wherever practicable, uniform throughout the state.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1996–1999 · leading case: The Cool Moose Party v. State of Rhode Island, 183 F.3d 80 (1st Cir. 1999).
The Cool Moose Party v. State of Rhode Island, 183 F.3d 80 (1st Cir. 1999). “After the parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment on a stipulated record, the district court ruled, inter alia, that R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-15-6, which requires political parties to select their nominees by means of primary election, is constitutional; and that R.”
Cool Moose Party v. Rhode Island, 6 F. Supp. 2d 116 (D.R.I. 1998). “Whether R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-15-6, which requires political parties to select their nominees by means of primary elections, violates CMP members’ right to freedom of association by preventing them from selecting candidates at a caucus open only to CMP members.”
Gill v. State of Rhode Island, 933 F. Supp. 151 (D.R.I. 1996). “G.L. § 17-15-6 (Michie 1994). Once again, however, the term political party as it is used in this chapter is limited by § 17-l-2(f).”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.