{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-18-10","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-18-10","heading":"Time of opening of polls.","body":"(a) Elective meetings in the cities and towns named in this section shall be opened for the purpose of voting at the hours specified for each particular city or town as designated in the specific time as follows:\n(1) Barrington\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(2) Bristol\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(3) Burrillville\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(4) Central Falls\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(5) Charlestown\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(6) Coventry\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(7) Cranston\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(8) Cumberland\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(9) East Greenwich\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(10) East Providence\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(11) Exeter\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(12) Foster\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(13) Glocester\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(14) Hopkinton\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(15) Jamestown\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(16) Johnston\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(17) Lincoln\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(18) Little Compton\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(19) Middletown\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(20) Narragansett\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(21) Newport\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(22) New Shoreham\tPolls open at 9 a.m\n(23) North Kingstown\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(24) North Providence\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(25) North Smithfield\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(26) Pawtucket\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(27) Portsmouth\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(28) Providence\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(29) Richmond\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(30) Scituate\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(31) Smithfield\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(32) South Kingstown\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(33) Tiverton\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(34) Warren\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(35) Warwick\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(36) Westerly\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(37) West Greenwich\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(38) West Warwick\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(39) Woonsocket\tPolls open at 7 a.m\n(b) [Deleted by P.L. 2019, ch. 201, § 1 and P.L. 2019, ch. 268, § 1.]\n(c) In all presidential preference primaries in the town of New Shoreham, polls shall open at 12:00 p.m.\n(d) Notice shall be given and posted by the local board.","path":["Title 17 Elections","Chapter 18 Elective Meetings"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE17/17-18/17-18-10.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:56:03Z","sha256":"67a2241f0d3eb5f078c1f97ece8caa7e2a154eaa3bba81bef7e8c58764acdd16","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-18-9","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-17-18-11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}