The Rhode Island Board of Elections voted this month to remove No Labels, the centrist organization that had aimed to field a unity presidential ticket during the 2024 election cycle, from its list of officially recognized state parties.…
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Seven Presidential Tickets to Appear on Rhode Island’s 2024 State Ballot
Rhode Island voters will see seven presidential tickets on the state ballot after the Secretary of State’s office confirmed this month that independent electors associated with five campaigns submitted enough valid signatures to qualify.…
Party Party of Rhode Island Begins Returning Signatures for Ballot Access Campaign
The Party Party of Rhode Island has begun returning petition signatures as part of its effort to become a state-recognized political party. The organization is also fielding candidates and aims to earn at least 5% of the vote in the state’s general election.…
Reform Party Candidate to Seek Rhode Island Legislative Seat in 2024
The Reform Party is actively fielding a candidate in a Rhode Island legislative race this coming election cycle, as announced in a recent press release by the Reform Party of the United States.…
Refreshed Rhode Island General Assembly Website Goes Live
Visitors to the newly refurbished website, RILegislature.gov, are now met by a clean looking, user friendly, and functional homepage.
“Our new website is aesthetically cleaner and easier to navigate.…
Call For Proposals | Rhode Island Civic Learning Week
The Rhode Island Civic Learning Coalition is currently accepting event proposals for Rhode Island Civic Learning Week 2024.
Rhode Island Civic Learning Week is series of events that will take place from March 11-15, 2024 and seeks to highlight the importance of civic education in sustaining and strengthening constitutional democracy in the United States.…
No-Cost Advocacy Training Offered By Independentvoting.org
The advocacy group independentvoting.org is now accepting applications for their next no-cost spokesperson training, to be held on Tuesday, February 13 at 6:30pm ET.
The training, which is a hallmark program of independentvoting.org,…
Rhode Island Commission Studying Alternative Voting Methods Releases Findings and Recommendations
A Rhode Island Senate commission studying alternative voting methods and their potential benefits to the state has released its findings and recommendations.
The commission’s final report provides an extensive review of non-plurality and runoff voting methods, details their potential advantages and disadvantages to Rhode Island, outlines potential legal and logistical challenges to their adoption and presents methods of selecting winners in elections that commission members feel could be beneficial for Rhode Island.…
Libertarian Party: Summary of Executive Committee Meeting 6/15/16 on New York and Washington DC Ballot Access (additional states discussed)
Libertarian Party of Rhode Island: Telephone Flash Mob to Stop Taxation of Medical Marijuana
From the Telephone Flash Mob organization page:
Members of the Rhode Island Medical Cannabis Community are supporting and promoting a massive call-in campaign to officials across the State of Rhode Island to firmly state that we will not tolerate the extreme, regressive taxation of a life-saving drug.…
State Green Parties unite against the pipelines
Green Party press release via Green Party Watch:
From Green Party US:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Green Party of the United States is calling for the defeat of proposed tar-sands pipelines when the U.S.…
Independent Candidates Continue to Grow in Numbers in Rhode Island
The number of independent candidates running for various races in the state of Rhode Island has been increasing despite being a Democrat stronghold. Currently it is the only state to have an independent serving as governor, and the number of independent candidates have reached a record high of 37.…