Progress Report: Primary Day Edition
Happy Primary Day, Rhode Island … to help you understand what might happen or change today, GoLocalProv has put together a list of 30 things to watch, WPRI put together a list of the 23 State House primaries to pay attention to, and RIPR put together a list of what to watch for. Add it [...]
Sunday Is Crucial Deadline for September Primary
This Sunday is the deadline to register to vote in the September primary. It is also the last day for voters who have moved or changed their names since the last time they voted to re-register in order to cast a ballot on Sept. 11. Why a Sunday? State law requires Rhode Islanders to be [...]
Political Parties Should Invite Voters into Process
In case you hadn’t heard, 3% of potential voters turned out in Rhode Island’s presidential primary on April 24th. Rhode Island runs open primaries, where unaffiliated voters can temporarily affiliate on primary day with the party of their choice, so virtually every voter but those registered as Moderates had the ability to vote. The two [...]
Democrats Send Progressives To Convention
Congratulations to the delegate candidates who won an opportunity to go to the Democratic National Convention in yesterday’s primary. While overall turnout may have been low, it seems as if progressives got out the vote as all but two of our endorsed candidates prevailed. Anne Connor, whom we profiled, received more overall votes than former [...]
RI Progress Report: Primary, Busy Day at State House
Polls are open today in Rhode Island, and even though it’s still not yet 6 a.m. we’re going to go out on a limb and call the primary for Obama. If you need a hand figuring out which delegates to support for the Democratic Convention, see our endorsements here. But it’s also a hugely busy [...]
Vote Progressive for Dem Convention Delegates
Democrats don’t have as much at stake in Tuesday’s primary vote as does the GOP, who don’t have all that much at stake actually, but they do have an opportunity to send progressives and liberals to the party convention in August rather than the old-guard, moderate Democrats who usually get to go. First, you need [...]
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