R.I. GOP chairman says the 20-day early-voting period is too long, but Common Cause director calls that a “knee-jerk reaction,” and advocates say ranked-choice voting would avoid wasted votes.
But board voted to subpoena all who collected signatures for Matos for a hearing after the Sept. 5 Democratic primary in the First Congressional District race.
The decision comes 18 days after the board placed the lieutenant governor on the Sept. 5 Democratic primary ballot in the First Congressional District race.