By law, candidates had until Fri., Dec. 7, to file an official Statement of Intent with Secretary of State Mollis in order to appear on the primary ballot.
Hugh Cort, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Tom Tancredo and Fred Thompson filed Statements of Intent for the March 4th Republican primary.
Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Mike Gravel, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama, Bill Richardson, Ray Stebbins and Rosemary Turner filed for the March 4th Democratic primary.
Candidates must file nomination papers with the signatures of at least 1,000 eligible Rhode Island voters by December 26.
http://www.sec.state.ri.us/...
The presidential primaries in rank of certified signatures...
BARACK OBAMA Democrat 1000 1989 1175 Yes
HILLARY CLINTON Democrat 1000 2579 866
MIKE HUCKABEE Republican 1000 2425 499
CHRISTOPHER J. DODD Democrat 1000 1330 490
RON PAUL Republican 1000 2507 478
JOHN EDWARDS Democrat 1000 1227 461
MITT ROMNEY Republican 1000 1989 446
DENNIS J. KUCINICH Democrat 1000 1043 381
JOHN MCCAIN Republican 1000 2000 372
FRED THOMPSON Republican 1000 1295 362
RUDY GIULIANI Republican 1000 1853 350
JOE BIDEN Democrat 1000 660 298
HUGH CORT Republican 1000 830 192
DUNCAN HUNTER Republican 1000 826 186
ALAN KEYES Republican 1000 813 186
TOM TANCREDO Republican 1000 538 80
BILL RICHARDSON Democrat 1000 253 63
ROSEMARY J TURNER Democrat 1000 4 4
RAYMOND STEBBINS Democrat 1000 0 0
MIKE GRAVEL Democrat 1000 0 0
More here... http://www.sec.state.ri.us/...
Barack is qualified, Hillary is well on her way to qualifying and Chris Dodd is cutting it very close (odd, since he is lives right next door).
Rhode Island may be a small state with few delegates to count but it is the bluest of the blue states. It is the heart of the Democratic party.
On a side note,
Edwards only qualified for 6 out of the 29 districts in NY. Only Hillary and Obama are on all 29 slates. And New York is not a winner take all state you only need 15 percent to earn delegates. My girlfriend had volunteered for Edwards and no one contacted her. She lives three blocks from me and yet someone came by for me to sign Obama's petitions. What is going on with the Edwards campaign.
Thanks to Ronnied, http://www.dailykos.com/...
The Original Super Tuesday is March 5 while the new Super Duper Tuesday is Feb 2.