§ 17-12-1. Selection of state committees. Party state committees shall be selected in the manner provided by statute or party rule. Any party may, by a duly enacted party rule, elect to choose the members of its party state committee pursuant to the provisions of chapter 15 of this title or by any other method […]
§ 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, […]
§ 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. […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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, […]
§ 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.
§ 17-12-2. Composition and powers of state committees. The state committee of a political party shall be composed as determined by the party. It shall have: (1) General oversight of all conventions of its party; (2) Power to make rules not inconsistent with law for the guidance and control of all the political committees of […]
§ 17-12-2.1. Political party state committee rules or bylaws. (a) All political party state committee rules or bylaws and any amendments to them must be filed with the state board of elections within thirty (30) days of their adoption. (b) If a political party duly adopts a rule or bylaw consistent with state law relating […]
§ 17-12-3. Delegation of powers by state committee. The state committee of a political party may delegate its authority, by rules or resolutions, to its executive committee, or any duly selected subcommittee of the executive committee, to act when the entire committee is not in session. History of Section.P.L. 1947, ch. 1886, § 4; P.L. […]
§ 17-12-4. Endorsements by state committee. The state committee or the executive committee or any duly selected subcommittee of the executive committee acting under delegated authority may, when the town or district committee has failed or neglected to do so, within twenty-four (24) weekday hours of the failure, endorse and notify the local board of […]
§ 17-12-5. Acting in other contingencies. Any other contingency that arises pursuant to the provisions of the statutes with respect to the election of candidates for state or town office at any general, primary, or special election shall be met by the vote of the state committee, or the executive committee, or any duly selected […]
§ 17-12-6. Election of town and ward committees. The party voters of each political party in each ward of each of the cities of the state shall, biennially, in every even year, at the primary election held to nominate party candidates, elect a ward committee for each ward; provided, that the ward committees in the […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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, […]
