To Guarantee Your Vote, Get Your Absentee Ballot In By Friday

by John Bender November 3, 2016December 5, 2023

If you plan to vote by mail, get that ballot in the mailbox by Friday, that’s the word from state elections officials.

The state Board of Elections says they got word from the U.S. Postal service that mail processing times have gotten longer, and next day delivery is no longer guaranteed. Elections officials are now urging Rhode Islanders to post their mail ballots by Friday at the latest to make sure they arrive by the November 8^th deadline.

Ballots received after the deadline will not be counted. Absentee ballots can also be delivered by hand to the Board of Elections headquarters in Providence. They must be received by 8 p.m. on Election Day.

John Bender

Reporter John Bender was the general assignment reporter for The Public's Radio for several years. He is now a fill-in host when our regular hosts are out. More by John Bender

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