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About South County: Casting your vote in local elections is the only way to be heard

Westerly Charlestown South Kingstown Narragansett North Kingstown Exeter Hopkinton Richmond New Shoreham Published Oct 31, 2026, 7:30 AM

Voter apathy has a cost. It is not measured only in empty polling booths, but in decisions made about homes, taxes, schools, and neighborhoods by officials chosen without the participation of many people who must live with the consequences.

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