§ 17-14-12 - Filing of nomination papers. - Rhode Island Statutes

SECTION 17-14-12

   § 17-14-12  Filing of nomination papers.– All nomination papers for state offices or officers and all certified lists ofcandidates for local offices or officers shall be filed in the office of thesecretary of state (the certified lists by the respective local boards), notlater than fifty-four (54) days before the date of the primary held to nominatecandidates for general election; but when there is a primary to nominatecandidates for any office mentioned in § 17-15-7 to be voted upon at aspecial election, all nomination papers and lists of local candidates shall befiled in the office on or before the twenty-sixth (26th) day preceding the dayof the special primary election. Nomination papers for independent presidentialcandidates and presidential candidates of political parties other than thosedefined in § 17-1-2(9) shall be filed in the office of the secretary ofstate by the local boards of canvassers not later than fifty-four (54) daysbefore the date of the election.