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R.I. Board of Electors director to retire in 2024

The administrative head of the state elections board is retiring next year. Chris Hunter, spokesperson for the R.I. Board of Elections, confirmed in an interview...

Board of Elections approves new protocols for voting machine testing

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Board of Elections unanimously approved a new set of protocols for the testing of voting machines on Tuesday ahead of...

Victories in Cranston state rep., mayoral races confirmed in recount

PROVIDENCE – A Wednesday recount of the early, in-person votes cast in Cranston affirmed the victors of the mayoral and House District 15 races,...

R.I. election administrators estimate half of Nov. election votes will come...

PROVIDENCE – State election administrators are predicting a record number of Rhode Island voters will cast their ballots before Election Day this year. R.I. Secretary...
OPENING FOR HACKERS? The R.I. Board of Elections is studying whether modems added to voting machines in 2016 now represent a cybersecurity risk because they transmit encrypted data over the internet. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Election board votes to postpone R.I. presidential primary

PROVIDENCE – The R.I. Board of Elections will ask Gov. Gina M. Raimondo to postpone the state’s presidential preference primary until June 2. The decision...
WHERE IT COUNTS: Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea, with the state’s ballot-counting machines. A task force is investigating whether the election system needs an upgrade to reduce its vulnerability to hackers.
 / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

Modems could be weakness in securing R.I. elections

A statewide elections technology that was considered an upgrade as recently as 2016 is now viewed as a potential security problem. The modems added to...
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