Free public service for Rhode Island votersNo candidate endorsementsGuide sources checked October 1, 2026General election November 3, 2026
Scope and limitations
What this Rhode Island guide covers
This guide is deliberately statewide. It includes only contests and questions every Rhode Island voter can decide, plus the official rules and source records needed to understand them.
Included
Published now
All six candidate contests voted statewide
All 15 official printed candidate choices marked On Election Ballot Y
Exact state finance summaries for all 12 printed state-office candidates
Exact FEC summaries for all three printed U.S. Senate candidates
All five statewide bond questions and their authorized principal amounts
Official general-election write-in rule and the absence of a named registration roster
Statewide voting deadlines and the appointed-judiciary scope boundary
Not included
Outside this release
U.S. House contests, which vary by congressional district
General Assembly contests, which vary by legislative district
Municipal, school, and local questions
Declared candidates marked On Election Ballot N
Withdrawn, removed, primary-only, or unprinted candidates
Unnamed prospective write-in campaigns
Judicial elections or retention questions, because Rhode Island state judges are appointed
Not yet published
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Dataset comparison: State finance cards use three different reporting cutoffs, including one 2024 record, and FEC summaries use candidate-specific windows. Compare source fields only with those windows visible. A missing or older record must not be treated as zero or as current-period activity.
Version record
Rhode Island guide 1.0
PublishedOctober 1, 2026
Contests shown6
Ballot choices15
Ballot measures5
6 statewide candidate contests; 15 printed choices; 12 numeric state finance records; 3 numeric federal finance records; 0 officially published named statewide write-ins; 5 statewide bond questions; 0 statewide judicial ballot items.
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Rhode Island guide publication record
Version
Published
Scope
1.0
October 1, 2026
6 statewide candidate contests; 15 printed choices; 12 numeric state finance records; 3 numeric federal finance records; 0 officially published named statewide write-ins; 5 statewide bond questions; 0 statewide judicial ballot items.
