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Presidential Election

Monday, November 5, 2012

Plenty to Pick From on Nov. 6 Ballot

Expect to spend some time filling out your ballot Tuesday: East Providence voters must select four city councilors, three school committee members, and three state legislators and vote on four local and seven state ballot questions along with a District 1

East Providence voters have plenty of local candidates to choose from in Tuesday's (Nov. 6) Presidential election. And four charter amendment questions as well. In short, expect to spend some time filling out your ballot. And you'll probably wait in line quite a bit longer, too. The local ballot questions include changing the charter to make the fiscal year correspond to the city's tax collection schedule; creating a budget reserve fund; consolidating and reorganizing departments, and, perhaps, the most controversial: establishing 4-year terms for the City Council and School Committee. Click here to see the ballot questions at the East Providence Canvassing Authority. The questions include explanations. Voters also must select between …

TownieParent

4:52 pm on Monday, November 5, 2012

"I can learn a lot from Steve"...Anthony Ferriera, EP Post Sept.28th 2012 Ferriera said it! What else do you need to know? Steve Furtado is the best candidate for school committee!   more ›

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Poll: Who Would You Vote For in the N.H. Republican Primary?

While politically inclined RI residents can't vote in Tuesday's N.H. Republican primary, here at Patch, we don't think it's right that our friends up north have all the January fun. We want to know: who would you vote for?

While politically inclined RI residents can't vote in Tuesday's N.H. Republican primary, here at Patch, we don't think it's right that our friends up north have all the January fun. We want to know: who would you vote for? The Republican race for a presidential candidate is heating up. The New Hampshire primary is under way and the caucus in Iowa slimmed down the potential Presidential nominations with Michele Bachmann dropping out the race after getting just 5 percent of the vote (6,073 ballots). Mitt Romney took the caucus with a needle-thin win over Rick Santorum, gathering just eight more ballots. Romney had 24.6 percent of the vote (30,015 ballots) with Santorum in a surprising second with 24.5 percent (30,007 ballots). Both Newt …

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2therightinri

2:25 pm on Saturday, January 14, 2012

If qualifiations were a consideration,,, that alone would exempt the current "occupier "of the job.   more ›

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