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« Woonsocket police chief retires | Today | Citizens Financial Group names new CEO » March 3, 2008Mail-in ballots making more work for this primaryWith at least three times as many ballots coming in by mail for this presidential primary than in years past, the state Board of Elections has its work cut out for it today and tomorrow. Robert Kando, the executive director of the elections board,, said that this year, the board is set to begin certifying ballots at 3:30 p.m. today. Often, Kando said, certifying ballots -- that is, making sure they are valid -- doesn’t begin until the day of the primary. But, he said he estimates that so far there are “probably about three times as many … maybe four, but at least three times as many” mail-in ballots than previous primary elections. The mail-in ballots come, for example, from servicemen and servicewomen, residents living or working overseas, out-of-state students and people with medical issues that make it difficult to get to the polls. Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis said his office is predicting that overall, as many as twice the number of people will turn out to vote in this election than did for the 2000 presidential primary Kando said at the earliest, results will begin coming in at 9:15 p.m. Results will be available online, where they are expected to be updated every 15 minutes. “We hope to have everything done by midnight,” he said. If counting isn’t finished by midnight, including mail-in ballots, he said, they’ll likely keep going: Projo.com will carry the results from the Board of Elections on its home page and on projo.com/politics. A section of the Elections Board Web site is also set up to show the mail-in ballot count alone. -- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson Posted by Brandie Jefferson CommentsChris Barnett | March 3, 2008 1:53 PM link I hope that the Board of Canvassers is more interested in an accurate count than a fast count. It should go without saying that they will keep counting the ballots even if they aren't done by midnight. Maybe a better title for this post would be "People with important job might do job they are supposed to do, unless it takes to long, but maybe they'll do it anyway, who knows." Michelle | March 3, 2008 1:54 PM link Post a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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Use the Secretary of State's Voter Information Center to get you in and out of the polls quickly during tomorrow's presidential primary. As is common with Rhode Island's presidential primaries, polling places are often different than they are on Election Day. Make sure you know where to vote by visiting our Voter Information Center at www.sec.state.ri.us/vic/.
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama will face off on Rhode Island’s Democratic ballot. Hugh Cort, Mike Huckabee, Alan Keyes, John McCain and Ron Paul will contend for the Republican nomination.
In addition, 184 Rhode Islanders are competing to be a delegate to the Democratic or Republican presidential conventions this summer.