Candidates braved sweltering temperatures and persistent rain on a tight deadline to get enough voters to sign their nomination forms to qualify for the ballot. Now someone has to count those tens of thousands of signatures.
That’s why Kirk McDonough said his hand was aching Tuesday night. The Cranston Board of Canvassers chairperson spent three hours with fellow board members sifting through stacks of nomination papers. It was their third meeting in seven days dedicated to certifying signatures candidates submitted up to the July 10 deadline.
Local canvassing boards have until 4 p.m. Thursday to verify the signatures of voters registered in their respective municipalities and deliver nomination forms to the Department of State Elections Division…