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Rhode Island Question 5

Green Economy Bonds. 2026 results by city or town, from Rhode Island's official results file: Approve 67.1%, Reject 32.9% statewide.

Statewide

On the ballot: 5. GREEN ECONOMY BONDS - $55,000,000. For environmental and recreational purposes, to be allocated as follows: a. Brownfields Remediation and Economic Development - $3,000,000 b. Facility Improvements - $12,000,000 c. Local Recreation Projects - $1,000,000 d. Marine Infrastructure Development - $1,000,000 e. Resilient Rhody Infrastructure Fund - $25,000,000 f. Narragansett Bay Watershed Restoration - $7,000,000 g. Agricultural Land Preservation Commission - $3,000,000 h. Open Space Program - $3,000,000

Approve
Your vote to “Approve” means that you support the State issuing $55,000,000 in general obligation bonds for environmental and recreational purposes.
Reject
Your vote to “Reject” means that you are against the State issuing $55,000,000 in general obligation bonds for environmental and recreational purposes.
Approve 67.1% Reject 32.9%

232,606 approve and 114,024 reject.

The state's voter information handbook, page 14 · The state's unofficial results

The state's unofficial totals. We don't call measures.

By city or town

39 cities and towns: Approve has the most votes in 39. The figures for each city or town are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

City or townApproveRejectVotes
Barrington73.2%26.8%7,700
Bristol68.7%31.3%8,093
Burrillville55.0%45.0%5,772
Central Falls84.5%15.5%2,044
Charlestown66.0%34.0%3,947
Coventry56.1%43.9%13,392
Cranston61.9%38.1%27,396
Cumberland66.4%33.6%12,286
East Greenwich68.8%31.2%6,374
East Providence69.8%30.2%16,240
Exeter58.2%41.8%2,922
Foster50.7%49.3%2,062
Glocester51.6%48.4%4,342
Hopkinton55.5%44.5%3,581
Jamestown71.5%28.5%3,176
Johnston57.5%42.5%9,231
Lincoln63.7%36.3%8,863
Little Compton67.9%32.1%2,058
Middletown67.5%32.5%5,604
Narragansett66.0%34.0%6,603
New Shoreham78.7%21.3%634
Newport76.9%23.1%7,146
North Kingstown66.5%33.5%12,801
North Providence66.1%33.9%10,136
North Smithfield57.8%42.2%4,793
Pawtucket77.8%22.2%14,969
Portsmouth63.9%36.1%7,646
Providence85.8%14.2%38,097
Richmond59.0%41.0%3,602
Scituate52.7%47.3%4,464
Smithfield58.0%42.0%8,073
South Kingstown72.5%27.5%12,531
Tiverton63.6%36.4%5,981
Warren68.5%31.5%4,166
Warwick62.5%37.5%31,697
West Greenwich55.8%44.2%2,805
West Warwick61.0%39.0%9,123
Westerly68.7%31.3%8,692
Woonsocket63.7%36.3%7,588

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Rhode Island's official results, file posted Nov 12, 11:12 AM. Unofficial until certified. Rhode Island's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.