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Nov. 3, 2026 General Election Warrant & Polling Places

October 16, 2026

Nov. 3, 2026, General Election Warrant and Polling LocatioNS - PDF

STATE OF RHODE ISLAND
CITY OF CRANSTON
GENERAL ELECTION

To KIRK MCDONOUGH, CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF CANVASSERS, in Providence County in said City and State – GREETINGS:

You are hereby commanded and required in the name of the Board of Canvassers and Registration of said City to post at least seven days previous to the day herein named written notifications in one public place in each Voting District of said City, or substitute notification by publication in a newspaper having local circulation, giving notice to the qualified electors thereof to assemble in District Meetings on:

TUESDAY, THE 3rd DAY OF NOVEMBER A.D. 2026

AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES DURING THE HOURS OF 7:00 A.M. UNTIL 8:00 P.M.

Ward-District Precinct Cong. Sen. Rep. Polling Location Address
1-1 0722 2 28 18 EDGEWOOD HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – REAR – GYM 160 PAWTUXET AVE
1-2 0725 2 28 19 SCOTTISH RITE MASONIC LODGE – BANQUET HALL 2115 BROAD ST
1-3 0723 2 28 18 PARK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL – GYM 25 PARK VIEW BLVD
2-1 0724 2 28 18 CRANSTON HIGH SCHOOL EAST – GYM 899 PARK AVE
2-2 0726 2 31 16 CRANSTON PORTUGUESE CLUB – BANQUET HALL 20 2ND AVE
2-3 0712 2 27 16 CLCF BUILDING – GYM 970 PONTIAC AVE
2-4 0713 2 27 16 EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – GYM – USE CHESTNUT AVE 180 OAKLAND AVE
2-5 0715 2 27 17 CRANSTON REGISTRATION CENTER – HORTON SCHOOL 1196 PARK AVE
3-1 0701 2 26 14 ARLINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CAFETERIA 155 PRINCESS AVE
3-2 0702 2 26 14 CRANSTON SENIOR ENRICHMENT CENTER – CAFETERIA 1070 CRANSTON ST
3-3 0720 2 28 14 STADIUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CAFETERIA 100 CRESCENT AVE
3-4 0721 2 28 16 PETER T. PASTORE, JR. YOUTH CENTER – GYM 155 GANSETT AVE
4-1 0707 2 26 41 ORCHARD FARMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – GYM 1555 SCITUATE AVE
4-2 0704 2 26 15 HOPE CHURCH – AUDITORIUM 1114 SCITUATE AVE
4-3 0709 2 27 15 OAK LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CAFETERIA – USE ALLARD ST 36 STONEHAM ST
4-4 0705 2 26 15 HOPE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL – GYM 300 HOPE RD
5-1 0703 2 26 14 SANTA MARIA DI PRATA SOCIETY – UPPER LEVEL 29 WALNUT GROVE AVE
5-2 0716 2 27 17 WOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CAFETERIA 401 BUDLONG RD
5-3 0717 2 27 17 WESTERN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL – GYM LEFT SIDE 400 PHENIX AVE
5-4 0710 2 27 15 WESTERN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL – GYM RIGHT SIDE 400 PHENIX AVE
5-5 0706 2 26 17 GEORGE J. PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CAFETERIA 15 MAYBERRY ST
5-6 0708 2 26 42 STONE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CAFETERIA 21 VILLAGE AVE
6-1 0718 2 27 17 GLEN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – CAFETERIA 50 GLEN HILLS DR
6-2 0714 2 27 16 GARDEN CITY SCHOOL – GYM – USE NEPTUNE ST DOOR 19 70 PLANTATION DR
6-3 0711 2 27 15 RI NATIONAL GUARD BUILDING – SCHOFIELD ARMORY 705 NEW LONDON AVE
6-4 0727 2 31 20 NO POLLING PLACE – NO VOTERS IN 0727 PRECINCT N/A
6-5 0719 2 27 17 CRANSTON CENTRAL PUBLIC LIBRARY – GILES ROOM 140 SOCKANOSSET CROSS RD

For the purpose of electing various Federal, State, and City officials and for the approval or rejection of various State and City referenda, wherein said Electors shall:

in each voting district give in their ballots as provided by law for a Senator in Congress for the State of Rhode Island for a six-year term; a Representative in Congress for the Second Congressional District of the State of Rhode Island for a two-year term; for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, and General Treasurer for a four-year term; for a Member of the Rhode Island General Assembly to represent the Twenty-Sixth, Twenty-Seventh, Twenty-Eighth, and Thirty-First Senate Districts for a two-year term; for a Member of the Rhode Island General Assembly to represent the Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth, Forty-First, and Forty-Second Representative Districts for a two-year term; for three Members of the Cranston City Council – City Wide for a two-year term; for a Member of the Cranston City Council to represent the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Wards of the City for a two-year term; for a Member of the Cranston School Committee – City Wide for a two-year term; for a Member of the Cranston School Committee to represent the First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Wards of the City for a two-year term; and will approve or reject the state and local bond issues, propositions, and questions herein printed:

STATE QUESTIONS 1 - 5

QUESTIONS 1 - 5 (Chapter 084 Public Laws 2026)

Shall the act passed by the General Assembly at the January 2026 session, allowing the State of Rhode Island to issue bonds, refunding bonds, and temporary notes to pay for the projects listed below, be approved, and the State be allowed to issue these bonds, refunding bonds, and temporary notes as outlined in the law?

1. HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES - $275,000,000

For capital improvements to higher education facilities, to be allocated as follows:

  1. University of Rhode Island Integrated Health Building – $165,000,000
  2. Rhode Island College Adams Library Renovations – $50,000,000
  3. Community College of Rhode Island Workforce Innovation Center – $60,000,000

2. HOUSING AND HOMEOWNERSHIP - $120,000,000

To increase and preserve the availability of affordable and accessible housing to meet the needs of all Rhode Islanders and support community revitalization through the redevelopment of existing structures, new construction, property acquisition, and infrastructure improvements. Of this amount, at least twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be allocated towards increasing production of housing intended for homeownership and up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) may be used to support a program for public housing development.

3. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - $100,000,000

To fund site development and growth industry infrastructure for economic development purposes, to be allocated as follows:

  1. Site Development – $55,000,000
  2. Growth Industry Infrastructure – $45,000,000

4. CULTURAL ECONOMY - $50,000,000

To provide funding for cultural economy efforts, to be allocated as follows:

  1. State History Center – $45,000,000
  2. State Preservation Grants Program – $5,000,000

5. GREEN ECONOMY BONDS - $55,000,000

For environmental and recreational purposes, to be allocated as follows:

  1. Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development – $3,000,000
  2. Facility Improvements – $12,000,000
  3. Local Recreation Projects – $1,000,000
  4. Marine Infrastructure Development – $1,000,000
  5. Resilient Rhody Infrastructure Fund – $25,000,000
  6. Narragansett Bay Watershed Restoration – $7,000,000
  7. Agricultural Land Preservation Commission – $3,000,000
  8. Open Space Program – $3,000,000

CRANSTON LOCAL QUESTIONS 6 - 11

6. STORM DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS

$4,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES

(Local Acts 029/030 – Acts and Resolves of 2026)

Shall an act, passed at the 2026 session of the General Assembly, entitled “An Act authorizing the City of Cranston to finance the repair, construction, and rehabilitation of storm drains and drainage improvements, and the remediation and mitigation of drainage and flooding problems, by the issuance of not more than $4,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes therefor” be approved?

7. PUBLIC BUILDINGS

$2,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES

(Local Acts 027/028 – Acts and Resolves of 2026)

Shall an act, passed at the 2026 session of the General Assembly, entitled “An Act authorizing the City of Cranston to finance the acquisition, demolition, construction, improvement, renovation, repair, alteration, furnishing, and equipping of public buildings in the city by the issuance of not more than $2,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes therefor” be approved?

8. PLAYGROUNDS AND ATHLETIC FIELDS

$4,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES

(Local Acts 025/026 – Acts and Resolves of 2026)

Shall an act, passed at the 2026 session of the General Assembly, entitled “An Act authorizing the City of Cranston to finance the acquisition, construction, improvement, renovation, repair, and alteration of playgrounds, athletic fields, and related equipment in the city by the issuance of not more than $4,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes therefor” be approved?

9. STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND BRIDGES

$8,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES

(Local Acts 023/024 – Acts and Resolves of 2026)

Shall an act, passed at the 2026 session of the General Assembly, entitled “An Act authorizing the City of Cranston to finance the design, construction, repair, rehabilitation, and improvement of streets, sidewalks, and bridges in the city including, but not limited to, paving, drainage, traffic control devices, road maintenance equipment, safety improvements, and landscaping and all costs incidental or related thereto by the issuance of not more than $8,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes therefor” be approved?

10. FIRE AND PUBLIC SAFETY EQUIPMENT

$8,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES

(Local Acts 021/022 – Acts and Resolves of 2026)

Shall an act, passed at the 2026 session of the General Assembly, entitled “An Act authorizing the City of Cranston to finance the acquisition, improvement, renovation, and repair of fire and public safety equipment by the issuance of not more than $8,000,000 general obligation bonds and notes therefor” be approved?

11. SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL FACILITIES

$25,000,000 BONDS AND NOTES

(Local Acts 019/020 – Acts and Resolves of 2026)

Shall an act, passed at the 2026 session of the General Assembly, entitled “An Act authorizing the City of Cranston to issue not to exceed $25,000,000 general obligation bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness to finance the purchase and/or acquisition of land and buildings, construction, renovation, improvement, alteration, repair, landscaping, furnishing, and equipping of schools and school facilities throughout the city” be approved?

EARLY VOTING IS AT THE PETER T. PASTORE, JR. YOUTH CENTER, 155 GANSETT AVE, WEEKDAYS FROM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14 THROUGH MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M., AND ENDS AT 4 P.M. ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2. ALSO OPEN ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31 FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 4:30 P.M.

AND TO TRANSACT ANY OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY LEGALLY COME BEFORE SAID ELECTION.

Said election, as the law directs, shall be kept open from 7:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M.

Hereof fail not, and true return of this warrant make with your doings thereon.

Witness our hands and those of the Board of Canvassers and Registration of the City of Cranston this 13th day of October A.D. 2026:

TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF CRANSTON:

You are hereby notified and warned to assemble in District Meetings at the time and place therein named for the purposes therein set forth.

This notice is hereby posted and/or published in accordance with R.I. Gen. Laws § 17-18-3 by the Cranston Board of Canvassers.

Kirk McDonough, Chairperson; Quilcia I. Moronta, Vice-Chairperson; Anthony J. Mastantuono, Member.

To locate your polling location, to determine your voter status, or to view a sample of the ballot you will be voting on Election Day, visit vote.ri.gov, or call the City of Cranston Canvassing Authority at 401-780-3121 with any questions. Visit us online at www.cranstonri.gov. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room 100 at Cranston City Hall.