Voter rolls off by 189,000 in Rhode Island, Journal analysis finds [View all]

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Rhode Island's voter rolls contain as many as 189,000 more names than they should, a Providence Journal analysis shows.

Based on estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau, Rhode Island would be expected to have 592,672 registered voters.

But the state has 781,770 people listed as eligible to vote in the Nov. 8 election, according to the voter registration database maintained by Secretary of State Nellie M. Gorbea. That's an excess of 189,098.

"Oh, my! Wow! Holy crap!" Brandon S. Bell, the state's Republican Party chairman said in reaction to The Journal's analysis. "I have to wrap my head around this, but that's a really huge number."

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