Providence Journal: In a reversal, RI Board of Elections will now scrutinize Matos’ nomination signatures

08.9.2023 / By Patrick Anderson
Providence Journal: In a reversal, RI Board of Elections will now scrutinize Matos' nomination signatures

Common Cause Rhode Island Executive Director John Marion Jr. credited the board's decision to dig deeper on the Matos signatures and to do it in public. "The board made that decision in the right way – after publicly debating the tradeoffs they face," Marion wrote. "We won’t know how to fix this signature process moving forward unless we know the scope of the problem now."

Common Cause Rhode Island Executive Director John Marion Jr. credited the board’s decision to dig deeper on the Matos signatures and to do it in public.

“The board made that decision in the right way – after publicly debating the tradeoffs they face,” Marion wrote. “We won’t know how to fix this signature process moving forward unless we know the scope of the problem now.”

 

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