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<strong><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif; color:#203864">Vote in-person in RI’s special election TODAY!</span></u></strong></p>
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The March 2</span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">nd<span style="color:#333333"> Special Election has begun! Polls are open in every
</span>Rhode Island <span style="color:#333333">city and town </span>for this special election. The ballot includes a series of bonds. Notably,
<span class="x_d2edcug0">Question 2, i</span></span><span class="x_d2edcug0">s </span>
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<span class="x_d2edcug0"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">“Beach, Clean Water and Green Bond.”
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<span class="x_d2edcug0"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">If approved by the voters, Question 2 on the ballot would invest $74 million in cleaning our waters, helping communities prepare for climate change, protecting forests and farms, and
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<span class="x_d2edcug0"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">improving local parks and
<span style="color:#385723">Rhode Island state beaches, parks and campgrounds. </span>
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<span class="x_d2edcug0"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif">Learn more about Question 2 at:
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www.dem.ri.gov/greenclean</a></span></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif; color:#203864">Go to
<a href="http://www.vote.ri.gov"><span style="color:#033160">http://w</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:#033160">ww.</span><span style="color:#033160">vote.ri.gov</span></a> to find your polling place</span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; font-family:"Cambria",serif">.<span style="color:#203864">
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</span>R<span style="color:#203864">emember to </span>wear<span style="color:#203864"> your mask</span>,
<span style="color:#203864">and preview your sample ballot.</span></span></b><b><span style="font-size:13.0pt; color:#203864"></span></b></p>
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