RHODE ISLAND

Rhode Island will elect a U.S. Senator in 2012

Presidential Primary registration deadline – March 24, 2012

Presidential Primary date – April 24, 2012

State Primary registration deadline – August 11, 2012

State Primary date – September 11, 2012

General Election deadline – October 6, 2012

Election information phone number – 401-222-2345

State election website – http://www.elections.ri.gov/

Early voting

In person – Voting early in person is not permitted.

By mail – A voter may vote early by mail only if he has a valid excuse. Valid excuses include: being absent from the state during all of the hours polls are open on Election Day; being absent from your city or town on Election Day because you are a student or spouse of a student at an institution of higher learning within the state; being ill or disabled or confined to a nursing home; being unable to vote on Election Day due to religious tenets; being out of the state due to military service (including the spouse of the soldier); or being assigned as a poll worker outside your precinct on Election Day.

Completed applications for absentee/vote-by-mail ballots must be witnessed or notarized and received by the local Board of Canvassers no later than 21 days before a Primary or General Election. Marked ballots must be received no later than Election Day to be counted.

Absentee voting by mail – Begins October 9

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