October 16, 2024
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 5TH DAY OF NOVEMBER
A.D. 2024
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
Polling Location Address
1-1 0722 2 28 18
EDGEWOOD HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
160 PAWTUXET AVE
1-2 0725 2 28 19
SCOTTISH RITE MASONIC LODGE
2115 BROAD ST
1-3 0723 2 28 18
PARK VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL
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
20 2ND AVE
2-3 0712 2 27 16
DANIEL D. WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
722 PONTIAC AVE
2-4 0713 2 27 16
EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – 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
155 PRINCESS AVE
3-2 0702 2 26 14
CRANSTON SENIOR ENRICHMENT CENTER
1070 CRANSTON ST
3-3 0720 2 28 14
STADIUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
100 CRESCENT AVE
3-4 0721 2 28 16
PETER T. PASTORE, JR. YOUTH CENTER
155 GANSETT AVE
4-1 0707 2 26 41
ORCHARD FARMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1555 SCITUATE AVE
4-2 0704 2 26 15
HOPE CHURCH
1114 SCITUATE AVE
4-3 0709 2 27 15
OAK LAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL – USE ALLARD ST
36 STONEHAM ST
4-4 0705 2 26 15
HOPE HIGHLANDS MIDDLE SCHOOL
300 HOPE RD
5-1 0703 2 26 14
SANTA MARIA DI PRATA SOCIETY
29 WALNUT GROVE AVE
5-2 0716 2 27 17
WOODRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
401 BUDLONG RD
5-3 0717 2 27 17
WESTERN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL – GYM SIDE A
400 PHENIX AVE
5-4 0710 2 27 15
WESTERN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL – GYM SIDE B
400 PHENIX AVE
5-5 0706 2 26 17
GEORGE J. PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15 MAYBERRY ST
5-6 0708 2 26 42
KELLEY-GAZZERRO VFW POST 2812
1418 PLAINFIELD PIKE
6-1 0718 2 27 17
GLEN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
50 GLEN HILLS DR
6-2 0714 2 27 16
GARDEN CITY SCHOOL – 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
140 SOCKANOSSET CROSS RD
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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 Presidential Electors for
President and Vice President of the United States for a four-year term;
for a Senator in Congress for a six-year term and a Representative in
Congress for the Second Congressional District of the State of Rhode
Island for a two-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 Mayor of the City of Cranston for a four-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, questions, and amendments to the Home
Rule Charter of the City of Cranston herein printed:
EARLY VOTING NOTICE
Early Voting will take place at the Peter T. Pastore, Jr. Youth Center,
155 Gansett Ave., weekdays starting Wednesday, October 16, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Early voting ends at the 4 p.m. deadline on Monday,
November 4. Early voting will additionally be open on Saturday, November
2, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
There are seven questions on the Cranston ballot wherein voters will
have the choice to Approve or Reject. Questions 1 through 5 are state
questions. Questions 2 through 5 are authorized by Chapter 117, Public
Laws 2024: Shall the act passed by the General Assembly at the
January 2024 session allowing 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. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
(Section 2 of Article XIV of the Rhode Island Constitution)
Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the Rhode Island Constitution?
2. HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES - $160,500,000
For capital improvements to higher education facilities, to be allocated as follows:
a. University of Rhode Island Biomedical Sciences Building - $87,500,000
b. Rhode Island College Cybersecurity Building - $73,000,000
3. HOUSING AND COMMUNITY OPPORTUNITY - $120,000,000
To increase the availability of housing, support community
revitalization, and promote home ownership, to be allocated as follows:
a. Affordable Housing - $80,000,000
b. Acquisition and Revitalization - $10,000,000
c. Homeownership - $20,000,000
d. Site Acquisition - $5,000,000
e. Housing Related Infrastructure - $4,000,000
f. Municipal Planning - $1,000,000
4. GREEN ECONOMY BONDS - $53,000,000
For environmental and recreational purposes, to be allocated as follows:
a. Port of Davisville Infrastructure at Quonset - $15,000,000
b. Climate Resiliency - $2,000,000
c. Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development - $5,000,000
d. Local Recreation Projects - $5,000,000
e. Municipal Resiliency - $10,000,000
f. Newport Cliff Walk - $3,000,000
g. Agricultural Land Preservation Commission - $5,000,000
h. Open Space Program - $3,000,000
i. Forests and Habitat Management - $5,000,000
5. CULTURAL ARTS AND THE ECONOMY GRANT PROGRAM $10,000,000
For purposes of funding for 1:1 matching grants to continue the
Cultural Arts and the Economy Grant Program administered by the Rhode
Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA) for capital improvement,
preservation, and renovation projects for public and non-profit artistic
centers, performance centers, museums, and cultural art centers located
throughout the State of Rhode Island, to be allocated as follows:
a. Tomaquag Museum - $2,000,000
b. Newport Contemporary Ballet - $2,000,000
c. Trinity Repertory Company - $2,000,000
d. Other funds to be allocated by the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts - $4,000,000
Local Questions 6 and 7 are amendments to the Cranston Home Rule Charter.
6. PROBATE JUDGE RESIDENCY
(Resolution of the City Council No. 2024-5 adopted February 26, 2024)
Shall an amendment to the following portion of Section 4.02 of the
Home Rule Charter of the City of Cranston, to clarify the residency
requirement for the probate judge, be approved?
Sec. 4.02 – Judge of probate.
The probate judge shall be a qualified elector of the City of Cranston State of Rhode Island,
an attorney at law admitted to practice in the courts of Rhode Island,
and shall at the time of the probate judge’s appointment have so
practiced for five years.
7. CITY SOLICITOR RESIDENCY
(Resolution of the City Council No. 2024-6 adopted February 26, 2024)
Shall an amendment to the following portion of Section 8.01 of the
Home Rule Charter of the City of Cranston, to clarify the residency
requirement for the city solicitor, be approved?
Sec. 8.01 – Department of law.
The city solicitor shall be a qualified elector of the city of Cranston State of Rhode Island, an attorney at law admitted to practice in the courts of Rhode Island, and
shall at the time of the city solicitor's appointment have so practiced
for five years. The city solicitor shall appoint to serve at the city
solicitor’s pleasure the assistant city solicitors who shall be electors
of the city of Cranston State of Rhode Island and attorneys at law admitted to practice in the courts of Rhode Island.
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.
Witness our hands and those of the Board of Canvassers and Registration of the City of Cranston this 15th day of October A.D. 2024: [Signatures of the Board of Canvassers Members] [City of Cranston Seal] [Cranston Canvassing Authority Seal]
Hereof fail not, and true return of this warrant make with your doings thereon.
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.
NOTICE:
Voters who missed the deadline to vote or update their address should
call the Canvassing Authority at 401-780-3121 for information on how to
vote, and/or appear at Cranston City Hall, 869 Park Ave., on
Tuesday, November 5 from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. for same-day voter
registration for President/Vice President Only voting. More information about President/Vice President Only voting is available on the Rhode Island Board of Elections website here: https://elections.ri.gov/voter-registration/presidentvice-president-only-ballot
This notice is hereby posted and published in accordance with
R.I. Gen Laws § 17-18-3 by the Cranston Board of Canvassers.
Kirk McDonough, Chairperson; Quilcia I. Moronta and Steven E. Piscopiello, Members.
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.