We need 100% of office holders in our government to be elected the way it was intended!
 All candidates must have a challenger to make representative government work properly.

Yes you can run for office to help eliminate the Free Ride candidates get when there is no challenger.  Don't worry about running to "win",  just by being on the ballot as an opposition candidate you will be a winner because you've done something honorable and important for democracy.
 
You don't need anything more than to be a registered voter in order to Declare as a Candidate and then get a few friends and neighbors to sign your nomination papers and that's it. You have nearly three weeks after signing up to get just 50 signatures for most local offices and just 100 for a State office.
 
If you are a registered member of a State political party, then you can get the help you need from your local Party Committee (See links below). 

Unaffiliated (independent) citizens who want to Declare can do it with confidence that many have done it before, including me.  In 2018 of all candidates for State office who had opponents... over 40% were challenged by independents.  Unfortunately that also reveals how badly things would be without the efforts of individual concerned citizens who make it their duty to run. Without those of us who ran as independent candidates that year,  a whopping 62% of our State's governing would have been done by those who ran unopposed! In 2020 it would have been 71% elected without opponents!
 
Here at FullBallotsRI.com you will find information to help you with the process of Declaring as a Candidate and all those little things you need to do afterwards that look to be a lot bigger than they really are. 
 
Feel free to contact me with questions or to arrange a meeting with your group and help convince  honorable Rhode Islanders you know, to step forward.  You can also help as a volunteer recruiter and ballot monitor for your local candidate count leading up to the Declaration Deadline.

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First Step Contacts and Links

         Link to Secretary of State's Guide to Running for Office        Link to your Local Election Clerks for Information

     Contact RI Democratic Party   Contact RI Libertarian Party   Contact RI Moderate Party   Contact RI Republican Party

No party affiliation? Click Here >>>  

 Still having doubts about being able to take the First Step? Check out this Commencement Speech given by Rhode Island's Academy Award winner... Jennifer Lee (Writer and Co-Director of Frozen). Click Here!

       Click to watch Sav's  Interview at GoLocalProv studios with Pat Ford from The Coalition

Sav's Public Service Bio                    Email: Sav@SavRI.com