Thursday, November 8, 2012
Turnout tally at 48 percent with mail-in ballots still uncounted.
With mail-in ballots remaining uncounted, the Board of Canvassers reports a modest voter turnout at 11,973 for Election Day Tuesday, about 48 percent of eligible voters. "It was very, very busy," said Board of Canvassers Manager Estelle Corriveau. Lines of unregistered voters crowded City Hall to sign up to vote for president - thanks to a provision under RI law. The voter count was at 90 at 1 p.m. By 7:30 p.m., with only half an hour left to vote, there was still a line out the door at the Board of Canvassers office. Polling places across the city reported high numbers and steady attendance throughout the day: At Bernon Heights School, about 640 voters had turned out by 3 p.m. At Leo Savoie School, the count was 798 by 1:30 p.m. At …
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Rhode Island voters favor Democrats in election.
It was a good night for Democrats Tuesday in Rhode Island. In Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District David Cicilline was able to win a second term against a tough race fought against Republican Brendan Doherty. The former head of the Rhode Island State Police strongly criticized Cicilline during the course of the campaign over his final leadership of the city of Providence when he was mayor for eight before heading to Washington two years ago. In the 2nd Congressional District James Langevin was able to win a seventh term over Republican Michael Riley. Riley reportedly lent his campaign more than $600,000. Langevin cited as accomplishments his work to maintain submarine production at Electric Boat and efforts to strengthen job training …
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
President Obama defeated Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election.
President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden were re-elected Tuesday night, defeating Republican challenger Mitt Romney and his vice-presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan. NBC News called the presidential election for Obama around 11:15 EST. The president sent a message on Twitter at 10:14 saying simply, "This happened because of you. Thank you." The Obama campaign won the most expensive presidential race ever, with both parties raising about $2.6 billion. The race was filled with negative campaigning on both sides, from President Obama attacking Romney’s business experience with Bain Capital to Romney lambasting Obama’s handling of the economy. The race tightened during the final months of the campaign, with gaffes and surges …
Updates on the 2012 federal and state elections will be posted here throughout the day. Connect with us on Twitter at #PatchElections.
Check back at your local Patch all day for live election updates. In the race for President of the United States, influential Rhode Island political insiders have weighed in regarding who has run the better "ground game" in Rhode Island leading up to the election during our latest Red Rhody/Blue Rhody political survey. According to our results, Democratic influencers felt Obama has run a better ground campaign by a wide margin while a majority of Republican influencers surveyed said the ground campaign up to this point has been even. In 2008, Rhode Island voted Democratic with 296,571 voters casting ballots for the Obama-Biden team. Republican John McCain and Sarah Palin earned 165,391 votes. According to the Rhode Island Secretary of …
Voters in Rhode Island on Tuesday cast their ballot for Barack Obama, giving him the state's 4 Electoral votes.
Barack Obama won Rhode Island’s 4 electoral votes on Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney. The Wall Street Journal along with the Associated Press has called the race in Rhode Island declaring Obama the winner. In the 2008 presidential election, the state voted for the Democratic candidate, and since the 1990s has voted for the overall winner of the presidential race 3 out of 5 times. Romney and Obama did not campaign aggressively in Rhode Island. The state has typically been a Democratic stronghold in recent presidential elections. The economy was a key issue for many voters in the state.
Patch will have a team of editors in our Patch communities covering Tuesday's election in real-time in our live blog.
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
After more than a year of hype, hundreds of speeches and millions spent on campaign ads, the 2012 election is finally here — and Patch is covering it live in a real-time Election Day Blog. We will have more than a dozen editors throughout Rhode Island in our Patch communities on Tuesday, talking to voters, election officials and others — and providing updates and results in the blog from 2 p.m. until the final races are called. We also want to hear from you, so make sure your post a comment in the blog. Tell us how you voted for and why; share your experiences at the polls; or just weigh in on the big election of 2012. The Election Day blog will launch around 2 p.m. Tuesday...but you can sign up now to receive an email alert once the blog …
Rhode Island's Democratic and Republican political influencers take part in our final survey before election day.
In the race for President of the United States, influential Rhode Island political insiders have weighed in regarding who has run the better "ground game" in Rhode Island leading up to the election. According to our results, Democratic influencers felt Obama has run a better ground campaign by a wide margin while a majority of Republican influencers surveyed said the ground campaign up to this point has been even. Patch surveyed 53 Republicans and 51 Democrats, asking regardless of their partisan preference, which presidential campaign do you think has run the better "ground game" campaign during the general election in Rhode Island? Among those who responded, 55.6% of Democrats said Barack Obama has run the better ground campaign by a …
Monday, November 5, 2012
Rhode Island state law allows people who have not registered to vote to cast a ballot for the top office at City Hall
Yes, Virginia, you can vote for president on Election Day even if you didn't register. According to Rhode Island General Law 17-1-3, people who missed the voter registration dealine may vote for president/vice president only at their local Board of Canvassers on Election Day. In Woonsocket, that spot's at City Hall, 169 Main St., on the third floor. Board of Canvassers Clerk Henri Cyr said unregistered voters will have to register at their office first, then, "We're going to have a polling place across the hall," in Harris Hall, where City Council and Budget Commission meetings are usually held. That polling place will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., Cyr said. For more information about limited voting, check out the Limited Ballot …
Here's where to find the info you need if you're voting in Woonsocket tomorrow.
Tomorrow is Election Day 2012 — here's your guide to local polling places and the new Voter ID law. Here's a quick run-down of tomorrow's election, including where you can find your local polling place: Where do I vote? See the list below to find the location of your polling place; visit the RI Secretary of State's Voter Information website to see which voting district is yours, and to view sample ballots. Polling Hours & Locations Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. at 11 locations across Woonsocket. Don't know which district you're in? Find out here. State Rep. Dist. 49 Voting Dist. 1 (Sen. 20): Middle School at Hamlet gym, 60 Florence Dr. Voting Dist. 2 (Sen. 24): John F. Kennedy Manor, 547 Clinton St. Voting Dist. 3 (Sen.24…
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
President Barack Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney squared off in the second presidential debate on Tuesday, Oct. 16. Here's how Rhode Island Republicans and Democrats reacted.
Rhode Island Democrats are more confident this time around in President Obama's debate performance over the first, while state Republicans feel Governor Mitt Romney's debate performance was less encouraging than the first. That's the major finding of the Red and Blue Rhody flash polls sent out to local political influencers immediately after the debate ended Tuesday night. Obama and Romney faced off on Oct. 16 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York in a town hall format, with CNN's Candy Crowley moderating a debate that covered both domestic and foreign policy. At the conclusion of the debate, Patch surveyed 52 Republicans and 51 Democrats, asking who they thought won the debate. Among those who responded, 62% of the Republicans …
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