WOONSOCKET – The battle lines in Woonsocket next Tuesday are clear, with the mayor who was removed from office, Lisa Baldelli-Hunt, campaigning against the four people who worked to remove
WOONSOCKET – The Woonsocket Board of Canvassers on Tuesday unanimously voted to invalidate the Democratic House District 49 Committee endorsement for candidate Alex Kithes.
WOONSOCKET – The Woonsocket Board of Canvassers on Tuesday unanimously voted to invalidate the Democratic House District 49 Committee endorsement for candidate Alex Kithes.
WOONSOCKET – The Woonsocket Board of Canvassers is working to address a problem that might seem strange to some voters, though according to Board of Canvassers Manager Michael Narducci, it’s not unique to the city.
Narducci estimates that in the 2020 election, 17 percent of Woonsocket voters did not vote for the items listed on the back of the ballot. That’s nearly a fifth of all city residents who submitted a ballot on or before Nov. 3.
It’s not entirely clear why so many voters neglected to fill out the reverse side. Narducci acknowledged it’s possible many of these voters were not interested in voting for the items on the back of the ballot. This past November, the reverse side included an uncontested race for School Committee and a referendum question on whether Rhode Island should drop “and Providence Plantations” from its official state name.