Town of Lincoln, RI
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2023-07-25
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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Article II Elections
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art II Elections
- § C2-1 Electors.
- § C2-2 Election laws.
- § C2-3 Time of elections.
- § C2-4 Board of Canvassers.
- § C2-5 Provisions for elections.
- The Code
- Part I, Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards and Commissions
- Ch 7 Budget and Finance
- Ch 9 Council
- Ch 11 Court, Housing
- Ch 12 Court, Municipal
- Ch 15 Deferred Compensation Plan
- Ch 17 Ethics, Code of
- Ch 24 Land Trust
- Ch 28 Legal Assistance
- Ch 32 Libraries
- Ch 40 Officers and Employees
- Ch 44 Police Department
- Ch 48 Purchasing Policy
- Ch 49 Real Property, Conveyance of
- Ch 51 Redevelopment Agency
- Ch 53 Rescue Department
- Ch 55 Salaries and Compensation
- Ch 59 Town-Owned Vehicles
- Part II, General Legislation
- Ch 63 Adult Entertainment
- Ch 67 Alarm Systems
- Ch 70 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Amusements
- Ch 75 Animals
- Ch 79 Bicycles
- Ch 82 Blasting
- Ch 89 Buildings, Moving of
- Ch 92 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 95 Cannabis
- Ch 101 Disorderly Conduct
- Ch 105 Drainage
- Ch 109 Earth Removal
- Ch 114 False Alarms
- Ch 117 Fees
- Ch 120 Firearms and Explosives
- Ch 123 Fire Prevention
- Ch 126 Flea Markets
- Ch 129 Flood Hazard Areas
- Ch 133 Gambling
- Ch 136 Game Rooms
- Ch 140 Hazardous Substances
- Ch 144 Horse Stables, Commercial
- Ch 147 Housing
- Ch 150 Hunting
- Ch 155 Junkyards and Junk Dealers
- Ch 161 Licenses and Business Regulations
- Ch 164 Littering
- Ch 167 Loitering
- Ch 171 Malicious Mischief
- Ch 175 Noise
- Ch 180 Parking Lots
- Ch 183 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 187 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 190 Picketing
- Ch 193 Plumbing
- Ch 196 Property, Abandoned
- Ch 199 Property, Defacement of
- Ch 202 Property Maintenance Code
- Ch 204 Rental Property
- Ch 207 Sewers
- Ch 209 Sex Offender Residency Restrictions
- Ch 213 Soil Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 217 Solid Waste
- Ch 220 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 228 Taxation
- Ch 236 Unruly Gatherings
- Ch 237 Vehicles, Abandoned
- Ch 240 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 244 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 250 Watercraft
- Ch 254 Wells and Cesspools
- Ch 260 Zoning
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The term "elector" as used in this article shall
refer to any person having the qualifications required by law to vote
in elective meetings in the Town of Lincoln.
The provisions of the Constitution and the General
Laws of the state now or hereafter in effect pertaining to elections,
special, general and primary, and also all special acts pertaining
to elections in the Town of Lincoln now in effect, shall govern all
Town elections, special, general and primary, so far as they may be
applicable.
[Amended 11-10-2002]
Regular municipal elections of Town officers
shall hereafter be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday
in November, biennially, in even-numbered years. Office terms shall
expire on the first Tuesday in January following the election.
There shall be a bipartisan canvassing authority
elected by the Town Council as provided by the Constitution and laws
of the state. Said canvassing authority shall be known as the "Board
of Canvassers and Registration" and shall be vested with all the powers
and duties now or hereafter vested by law in the Canvassing Authority
or Board of Registration of the Town. All members of said Authority
or Board now in office shall continue in said positions as members
thereof until the expiration of the terms for which they were chosen
respectively.
[Amended 11-2-2010]
Pursuant to the laws of the State of Rhode Island
and the Lincoln Town Charter, the Town Council shall provide for nominations
and elections of Town officers and holding of special municipal elections
when required.
