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State Government Press Releases

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03/29/2023
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore, in collaboration with Governor Dan McKee, today announced the tentative calendar for the upcoming special election in Congressional District 1. The special election will fill the vacancy anticipated by Congressman David N. Cicilline's planned...
03/16/2023
PROVIDENCE, RI – Secretary of State Gregg M. Amore today issued the following statement in recognition of 'Sunshine Week,' which highlights the importance of access to public information and transparent, open government. "Civic engagement is facilitated by access to information about how our...
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. ...