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State Government Press Releases

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03/06/2023
Rhode Island Department of State Opens Nominations for 'Civic Teacher of the Year' Award PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore today announced that nominations are now open for the RI Department of State's inaugural Civic Teacher of the Year award. The award will honor one...
02/14/2023
Ongoing voter list maintenance supports accurate voter rolls PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore today announced the results of the Department of State's recent voter list maintenance efforts. In total, between November 9, 2022 and February 10, 2023, 60,619 inactive voter...
01/23/2023
Expanded program enables victims of domestic violence, other crimes to protect their home address PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore today announced the launch of Rhode Island's Address Confidentiality Program, a mail-forwarding program designed to protect the home addresses of...
10/11/2022
PROVIDENCE, RI– Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea is reminding Rhode Islanders that they have until Tuesday, October 18, to submit a mail ballot application to their local board of canvassers for the statewide general election on November 8. Mail ballot applications must be received...
08/15/2022
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea is reminding Rhode Islanders that they have until Tuesday, August 23, to submit a mail ballot application to their local board of canvassers for the statewide primary election on September 13. Mail ballot applications must be received by...
08/11/2022
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea is reminding Rhode Islanders that they have until Sunday, August 14, to register to vote or update their voter information for the September 13 statewide primary election. Rhode Islanders should check their voter registration status by using the...
07/22/2022
PROVIDENCE, RI?– Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea is reminding declared candidates seeking elected office that the candidate nomination paper period begins on Wednesday, July 6th and concludes on Friday, July 15th. To appear on this year's ballot, declared candidates must submit nomination...
07/22/2022
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 14th, 2022? MEDIA CONTACT: Johnathan Berard l 401.330.3189 l jberard@sos.ri.gov? PROVIDENCE, RI?– Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea today is reminding candidates for elected office of the nomination paper filing deadline this Friday, July 15th, at 4:00 p.m. ...
06/23/2022
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea is reminding candidates seeking elected office in the State of Rhode Island that they must file a Declaration of Candidacy form during next week's Declaration of Candidacy filing period in order to appear on this year's ballot. Candidates may...
04/06/2022
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea today announced the allocation of grant money to 18 Rhode Island cities and towns to strengthen the cybersecurity of voting systems and improve election processes. These grants total $544,653 and are awarded as part of Rhode Island's share of $3...