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R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-2-1. General officers enumerated — Election and terms
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The governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, and general treasurer shall be known as general officers. They shall be elected at a general election, quadrennially, in accordance with the provisions of this title, and shall hold their respective offices …
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-2-2. Death or incapacity of governor elect
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When the governor elect dies, removes from the state, refuses to serve, becomes insane, or is otherwise incapacitated, the lieutenant governor elect shall be qualified as governor at the beginning of the term for which he or she was elected.
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-2-3. Elections by general assembly on failure to elect or incapacity of person elected
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When both the governor and lieutenant governor elect, or one among the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, or general treasurer elect, are incapacitated, or when there has been a failure to elect one or more of the officers mentioned in this section, the ge…
R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-2-4. Filling vacancies in offices of governor and lieutenant governor
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If the offices of governor and lieutenant governor are both vacant by reason of death or otherwise, they shall be filled by the general assembly in grand committee, and the acting governor shall, if the general assembly is not then in session, call a special session of the genera…