Where Can I Vote In Rhode Island's March 2 Special Election?

PROVIDENCE, RI — Rhode Island's special election is Tuesday. Voters planning to cast their ballots in person, there will be 57 polling places and 114 voting machines scattered across the state.

Voters can find their polling place using the Secretary of State's website. There, they can also check the status of their mail ballot, update their information, read more about the bond questions and more.

As was the case with 2020's elections, Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea again encouraged voters to seek alternate ways to cast their ballots, by mail or early in-person. All mail ballots must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day, not just postmarked. Early voting was offered until 4 p.m. Monday.

Early voting was clearly a popular option for this election. As of Monday morning, 6,700 voters had already cast their ballot at their town or city hall.

Meanwhile, the Rhode Island Board of Elections reported that more than 64,000 mail ballots had been processed. That number is expected to vastly increase, since more than 90,000 mail ballots were sent to Rhode Island voters.

The seven bond questions are summarized below.

Question One: $107.3 million for higher education, including $57.3 million for a fine arts center at URI, $38 million for the Clarke Science Building at RIC and $12 million to renovate CCRI's campuses.

Question Two: $74 million for environment and recreational projects, a total of $10 million over the governor's original proposal.

• $4 million for local recreation projects
• $3 million for natural and working lands
• $15 million for clean and drinking water
• $7 million for municipal resiliency projects
• $33 million for state beaches, parks and campgrounds
• $4 million for the proposed park on the former I-195 land in Providence
• $6 million for Providence River dredging (included in the 2018 green bond, but funding proved insufficient)
• $2 million for the Woonasquatucket Greenway

Question Three: $65 million for affordable housing, an increase of $40 million over the original proposal, included in the amendment offered by the governor in July.

Question Four: $71.7 million for transportation initiatives.

Question Five: $15 million for early childhood care and the educational capital fund.

Question Six: $7 million for arts and cultural infrastructure, including $6 million for the cultural arts and economy grant program, and $1 million for the state preservation grants program.

Question Seven: $60 million for commerce infrastructure, including $20 million for the Port of Davisville at Quonset and $40 million for industrial site development.