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June 24, 2008

R.I. candidate filings on Secretary of State's site

As tomorrow's 4 p.m. deadline nears for filing declarations of candidacy, you can see some of those who are running for Rhode Island's local, state and federal offices on the Secretary of State's Web site.

The information is being posted on the secretary of state's "Election 2008"page. at the "2008 Candidate Status" link: www.sec.state.ri.us/candidates/, according to Chris Barnett, spokesman for the Secretary of State's office.

But a heads up: The declarations will not show up online immediately. The site's database does not refresh until 4 a.m. the next day. So, today, all filings are available online that were entered before then yesterday. Tomorrow around 4 a.m., all filings entered today will be available.

According to Barnett, the Secretary of State's office posts filings for the candidates for federal offices. For state and city/town candidates, the office is networked with each board of canvassers in Rhode Island's communities. So when a board of canvassers enters candidates' filings, the Secretary of State site gets the information.

Projo.com plans to obtain all the filings shortly after tomorrow's 4 p.m. and post them as soon as possible after that.

All forms and a calendar with every key date leading up to Rhode Island’s primary and general election are posted at http://www.sec.state.ri.us/elections/election08.html.

-- projo.com staff writer Michael P. McKinney

Posted by Mike McKinney  at 4:58 PM | Permalink

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