Gorbea Proposes Sending Out Mail Ballot Applications For General Election

(Providence, RI)--All registered Rhode Island voters were sent unsolicited applications for mail ballots in the June presidential primary.For the November general election, Secretary of State Nellie Gorbea [[ gore-BAY-uh ]] wants them sent just to all "active" voters.With the electorate weary of the coronavirus, ballots wound up mostly being mailed in last month.For the September primaries, the plan is to send voters postcards with instructions on how to obtain a mail ballot.The state Board of Elections voted on Wednesday not to support unsolicited mail ballot applications for that election.


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