§ 17-11-1.1. Combination of voting districts for special election. (a) The board of canvassers of any city or town at which there shall be submitted to the voters a question or questions for their approval or rejection or at which officials will be elected, shall have the authority to combine two (2) or more voting districts, when in its judgment the combination is advisable, and when combined shall be treated as a voting district, but only upon the approval of the board of elections.

(b) If voting districts are combined as provided in subsection (a), the local board must advertise the combination of districts in a newspaper of general circulation in the city or town no less than seven (7) days and no more than twenty-one (21) days before the special election.

(c) [Deleted by P.L. 2019, ch. 69, § 1 and P.L. 2019, ch. 79, § 1].

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b), the board of canvassers of the town of Bristol may combine two (2) or more voting districts for the representative district 68 special election in March, 2019, and when combined shall be treated as a voting district, but only upon the approval of the board of elections.

History of Section. (P.L. 1964, ch. 136, § 1; P.L. 1966, ch. 116, § 7; P.L. 1986, ch. 362, § 1; P.L. 1990, ch. 151, § 1; P.L. 1998, ch. 2, § 1; P.L. 2000, ch. 109, § 74; P.L. 2003, ch. 23, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 187, § 1; P.L. 2006, ch. 352, § 1; P.L. 2008, ch. 5, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 3, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 4, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 69, § 1; P.L. 2019, ch. 79, § 1.)