At least 5 more qualify for R.I. presidential primary ballot
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PROVIDENCE — Republicans Mitt Romney, John McCain, Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul and Democrat Christopher Dodd have submitted enough validated signatures to appear on Rhode Island’s March 4 primary ballots, according to local boards of canvassers. They join Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and Republican Rudy Giuliani, who had already amassed more than the required 1,000 validated signatures, the secretary of state’s office reported this afternoon. Other candidates might appear on the primary ballot. While the deadline for signatures was 4 p.m. today, local boards have until Jan. 10 to validate signatures, and an unknown number of signatures have been submitted without being validated yet, said Chris Barnett, spokesman for Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis. “This tells us who is in,” Barnett said. “But it doesn’t tell us who is out. It does give people an idea of who is close.” -- Journal staff writer Edward Fitzpatrick 
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