Providence voters overwhelmingly approve divestment measure

By: Alexander Castro, Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: November 4, 2026

Words: 459

Last Updated: 3 days, 2 hours ago

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Providence voters overwhelmingly approved a citizen-led proposal Tuesday night that aims to restrict municipal investments connected to severe human rights violations abroad.

Question 7 received over 76% support, or 20,925 votes overall, as of 8:53 p.m., with 76 of 82 precincts reporting.

“It’s an enormous demonstration of what we already knew going into the campaign, which is that the people are with Palestine,” said Zack Kligler, an organizer with Providence for Palestine, …

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