South Kingstown Election 2014: Find Your Polling Place, View Sample Ballot

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Tuesday is election day in South Kingstown.

Voters will pick a governor, decide a host of ballot initiatives, and choose local leaders.

Here’s key information:

Voting Hours and Polling Locations

• The polls will be open Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Voting will be held at several locations in South Kingstown. Find your polling place.

Sample Ballot

• Find sample ballots here

Town Council Race

There are 12 candidates for five Town Council seats, which carry a two-year term.

• Bryant DaCruz (Democrat)
• Sean O’Donnell (Republican)
• Margaret Healy (D)
• Robert Trager (R)
• Carol McEntee (D)
• Roland Benjamin (R)
• Liz Gledhill (D)
• James Haldeman (R)
• Rachel Clough (D)
• James O’Neill (Independent)
• Abel Collins (I)
• Joe Viele (I)

School Committee Race

There are four candidates for four seats. (The top three vote-getters will serve a 4-year term; the fourth-highest will serve a 2-year term.)

• Raissa Mosher
• Maureen Cotter
• Myrna Bizer
• W. Keith Vorhaben

Other Local, Contested Races

• District 35 State Senate: Democrat James Callaghan and Republican Mark Gee.
• District 36 State Representative: Democrat Donna Walsh and Independent Blake Filippi
• District 35 State Representative: Democrat Kathleen Fogarty and Republican Lacey McGreevy
• District 34 State Representative: Democrat Teresa Tanzi and Republican Stephen Tetzner.

Local Ballot Questions

South Kingstown voters will decide two local questions:

• Question 8: “Shall an act passed at the 2014 session of the general assembly entitled ‘AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE THE CONSTRUCTION, FURNISHING, EQUIPPING AND LANDSCAPING OF A COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER IN THE TOWN BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $1,000,000 BONDS, NOTES
  AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR’ be approved?”
• Question 9: “”Shall an act passed at the 2014 session of the general assembly entitled ‘AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF SOUTH KINGSTOWN TO FINANCE HEALTH, SAFETY, FIRE CODE AND ROOF REPAIRS, RENOVATIONS, IMPROVEMENTS, LANDSCAPING, EQUIPPING AND FURNISHING OF THE HIGH
  SCHOOL, MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN
  THE TOWN, AND ALL ATTENDANT EXPENSES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURAL COSTS BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT MORE THAN $4,000,000 BONDS, NOTES AND/OR OTHER EVIDENCES OF INDEBTEDNESS THEREFOR’ be approved?”

Statewide Races

• Governor candidates: Democrat Gina Raimondo, Moderate Robert Healey, Republican Allan Fung, Independent Kate Fletcher, and Independent Leon Kayarian
• U.S. Senate candidates: Democrat John Reed and Republican Mark Zaccaria
• District 2 Congressional candidates: Democrat James Langevin and Republican Rhue R. Reis
• Attorney General candidates: Peter Kilmartin and Dawson Hodgson
• Secretary of State candidates: Democrat Nellie Gorbea and Republican John Carlevale

Statewide Questions

• Breakdown of the eight statewide ballot questions

Find more election information here

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this article mistakenly referred to District 36 State Representative candidate Blake Filippi as a Republican. He is in fact an Independent. The article has been corrected.