Mollis Unveils 2010 Election Calendar
Posted by: Chris Barnett
in Ralph Mollis
on February 08, 2010 
Voters and candidates will get their first glimpse of all the key deadlines and milestones in this year's elections when Secretary of State Mollis unveils the state's official 2010 Election Calendar this morning.
The calendar includes a detailed list of crucial dates in the 2010 races for offices ranging from town council to Governor of Rhode Island to the U.S. House of Representatives. There is no race for U.S. Senate this year.
April 1 is the first crucial date in the calendar. Candidates who are affiliated with one of the state’s three recognized parties – Democratic, Republican or Moderate – have until April 1 to change their party affiliation if they plan to run under a different party’s banner.
Candidates must officially announce their intention to run for office by filing declarations of candidacy from June 28-30. The next important milestone is July 7 through July 16, when candidates must collect the signatures of enough eligible voters to officially put them on the ballot. The threshold ranges from 50 signatures for the state House of Representatives to 100 for state Senate to 500 for the U.S. House of Representatives and most statewide offices to 1,000 signatures for governor.
Rhode Islanders have until Aug. 14 to register to vote in order to cast ballots in the Sept. 14 state primary. Oct. 2 is the deadline for registering to vote in the Nov. 2 general election.
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