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« Photo: With so many sales, what's a shopper to do? | Today | Tonight: Celtics on tap on West Coast » December 26, 2007Update: 8 candidates to appear on R.I. primary ballotPROVIDENCE — Republicans Mitt Romney, John McCain, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul and Democrat Christopher Dodd have submitted enough validated signatures to appear on Rhode Island’s March 4 primary ballots, according to local boards of canvassers. They join Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani, who had already amassed more than the required 1,000 validated signatures, the secretary of state’s office reported this afternoon. Other candidates might appear on the primary ballot. While the deadline for signatures was 4 p.m. today, local boards have until Jan. 10 to validate signatures, and an unknown number of signatures have been submitted without being validated yet, said Chris Barnett, spokesman for Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis. “This tells us who is in,” Barnett said. “But it doesn’t tell us who is out. It does give people an idea of who is close.”
Democrat John Edwards was within striking distance with 942 validated signatures, while Democrat Dennis Kucinich had 759, Republican Fred Thompson had 724, Republican Duncan Hunter had 477, Republican Hugh Cort had 475, Republican Alan Keyes had 460, Republican Tom Tancredo had 392, Democrat Joseph Biden had 238 and Democrat Bill Richardson had 116. Democrat Mike Gravel was among those with no validated signatures. Barnett explained that local boards of canvassers validate signatures by checking to see if they are the names of eligible voters in their communities. Clinton was leading the way with 2,167 validated signatures; Obama had 1,952; Giuliani, 1,312; Romney, 1,257; Paul, 1,233; McCain, 1,224; Huckabee, 1,165; and Dodd, 1,058. Barnett said the final step is for the secretary of state’s office to certify signatures by checking them against a statewide database of eligible voters. So far, only Obama has more than the required 1,000 certified signatures. The totals for certified signatures include 1,111 for Obama, 675 for Clinton, 277 for Dodd, 275 for Romney, and 273 for Huckabee, according to the secretary of state’s office. Posted by Andrea Panciera CommentsPost a commentPlease be civil. Vicious comments, personal attacks and profanity won't be published. Name and email are required; email address will not publish. |
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