RI elections board rejects Pelino’s recount request in Republican gubernatorial primary

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: September 14, 2026

Words: 756

Last Updated: 3 days, 18 hours ago

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The close contest between Rhode Island’s Republican gubernatorial primary is not close enough to justify a manual refeeding of every ballot into a tabulating machine, the Board of Elections determined Monday.

The unanimous vote by the election panel came after an hourlong back-and-forth with trailing candidate Elaine Pelino, who protested a lack of public notification and transparency by election administrators. Pelino acknowledged the 259 votes separating her from likely primary winner Aaron Guckian was slightly …

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