Open Ocean State
2010-11-02 · general

Question 1 - Changing The Name of The State

321,629 votes counted across 2 names on the ballot.
CandidatePartyVotesShareResult
Question 1 REJECT
Won77.9%
No party250,466Won
Question 1 APPROVE
Lost22.1%
No party71,163Lost

Official turnout and ballot counts

Registered voters and ballots cast cover whole precincts where this contest was counted, across all races and parties. They are not votes for this office.

Registered voters
706,161539 of 539 precincts · 539 printed counts
Ballots cast
345,908539 of 539 precincts · 539 printed counts
Write-ins
Not reported
Overvotes
85539 of 539 precincts · 539 printed counts
Undervotes
24,195539 of 539 precincts · 539 printed counts
Turnout share
49.0%

Turnout is ballots cast (345,908) divided by registered voters (706,161).

For multi-page ballots, ballots cast uses page 1, not the workbook's total ballot-card count. Precincts without a page 1 count are excluded from ballots cast.

Source: Rhode Island Board of Elections results workbook (2010). Counts are shown where the workbook reports them.