§3-5-1. Time and place of holding primary elections in the year
one thousand nine hundred eighty and thereafter; hours
polls open.
Primary elections shall be held at the voting place in each of
the voting precincts in the state, for the purposes set forth in
this article, on the second Tuesday in May in the year one thousand
nine hundred eighty-six and in each second year thereafter.
At such election the polls shall be opened and closed at the
hours provided for opening and closing the polls in a general
election.