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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 11/09/2026

It is a high honor to be recognized by @commoncauseri.bsky.social as the 2026 recipient of their Excellence in Public Service Award. I look forward to attending the Common Cause RI Annual Meeting and awards ceremony on Oct. 8 - registration is still open if you'd like to attend!

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 15/07/2026

I remain immeasurably proud of the team I've worked with for the last 10 years at the Cranston Canvassing Authority. Terri, Maria, and Emerson are among the very best election officials serving democracy in our nation with nearly 70 years of experience working in elections between the three of them.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 29/06/2026

On Thursday, I sent an election informational email out to over 200 of our declared candidates in Cranston, and I made this a bold, highlighted, near-top-of-the-list item (out of 30 total items):

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 12/06/2026

So, how are you spending the final night of Rhode Island's 2026 legislative session?

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 14/04/2026

Honored to be representing Rhode Island at the U.S. Election Assistance Commission Local Leadership Council's 2026 Annual Meeting in Chicago, alongside local election official leaders from throughout America.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 07/04/2026

No Time to Fail is showing tonight at Barrington Public Library, sponsored by the Barrington 250th Committee - I'll be talking to the crowd after the film along with my co-stars. Election officials overcame so many challenges in 2020 to ensure all American voters could cast their ballots securely.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 07/04/2026

Packed hearing room in Rhode Island Senate Judiciary tonight for the RI Voting Rights Act, among other elections legislation of interest and importance to our state's voters and election officials alike.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 26/02/2026

Testifying tonight in front of the Rhode Island Senate Judiciary Committee in favor of seven good election bills to improve and modernize our state's elections for all Rhode Island voters.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 24/02/2026

The clean-up. Three feet of snow is gonna take minute or two...

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 24/02/2026

This was the National Weather Service probabilistic snowfall forecast for "10% chance" on Saturday night - as in highly unlikely - which I screenshot and shared with a few friends on Sunday, kind of as a joke, "haha imagine if??" Rhode Island blew right past it by a *half foot or more.*

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 23/02/2026

Blizzard of 2026 - Coventry, RI

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 08/02/2026

A very serious Super Bowl order from The Pizza Nomad in Coventry.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 05/02/2026

Testifying at the R.I. House State Government and Elections Committee this evening on important elections bills, including one from our state Association that improves local election office security and continuity of operations.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 21/11/2025

Our polling locations are set up as best as possible to serve voters - particularly those with access issues. This morning, our office inspected four of our 2026 polls with the R.I. Board of Elections, R.I. Governor's Commission on Disabilities, Disability Rights R.I., and Cranston School Dept.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 02/11/2025

Hard to believe just over a decade ago I was calling Tommy Edman and Will Smith's Newport Gulls championship games, and now they're out there winning multiple World Series titles. What a game... extra innings in Game 7! Congratulations, gentleman!

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 07/10/2025

Last week, prior to the shutdown, I travelled to Washington, D.C. with local election official colleagues from five Rhode Island cities and towns (and many dozens more from around the country) to ask Congress for more consistent funding to support our election security and infrastructure.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 03/08/2025

Spending Sunday morning in Boston at the National Conference of State Legislatures 2025 Legislative Summit for Elections SATs: Security, Accuracy, Transparency conference. @ncslorg.bsky.social

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 09/07/2025

Red Sox are rallying in the 6th and it's totally because @hillaryvlima.bsky.social got our Del's.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 03/07/2025

Happy 110th birthday to the oldest voter in Cranston, oldest living World War II veteran in the United States, and oldest person in Rhode Island: Mr. Henry Polichetti, seen here voting in-person at our Glen Hills Elementary School polling location in the November 2024 General Election.

Photo courtesy William Emby and the Cranston Herald.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 06/06/2025

It's that annual time of the Rhode Island General Assembly's legislative session when my old friend Bill - Bill Tracker for those who don't know him well - starts blowing up my inbox with good news for elections administration.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 26/05/2025

2025 Memorial Day commemorations in Coventry.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 16/05/2025

Incredibly proud of my wife, Hillary Lima, on her graduation today with a Master in Public Administration from the University of Rhode Island. She earned this degree at night, all while working a full-time day job and serving as Coventry Town Council President. Congratulations!

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 14/05/2025

The day my elections portfolio folder finally falls apart will be a sad day. At first the stickers were cosmetic, but after 8 1/2 years running elections and carrying this folder around the stickers are increasingly becoming structural.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 03/04/2025

Thank you to @rihouseofreps.bsky.social State Government and Elections Committee for voting tonight to advance 10 (!) good election administration improvement bills to the House Floor, which hold widespread support from state and local election officials to improve elections for all RI voters!

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 20/03/2025

Testifying tonight alongside many local election officials on a number of good election administration reform bills at the RI Senate Judiciary Committee meeting under Chairman @mattlamountain.bsky.social

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 18/03/2025

Testifying at the RI House State Government and Elections Committee alongside state and local election officials like @risecstate.bsky.social @greggamore.bsky.social, RI BOE, and local board of canvassers colleagues. Over 20 election bills on the agenda (including quite a few really good ones)!

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 08/03/2025

2025 Providence St. Patrick's Day Parade

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 14/02/2025

I traveled cross country to San Diego for an elections administration conference (PLEJ: Partnership for Large Election Jurisdictions) and who do I run into? @engr4democracy.bsky.social from @universityofri.bsky.social presenting their continuing excellent work to improve election processes!

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 06/02/2025

All you need to know right here about the morale and state of local election administrators in 2025. There are few professions in all of civil service that have been so underfunded, understaffed, ignored in their policy reform needs, yet have so much placed on their shoulders. This is unsustainable.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 06/02/2025

And now your moment of zen.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 28/01/2025

Cranston really broke the mold when they built this neighborhood (across Spectacle Pond from Twin Oaks) - even street addresses on the odd side of the road, out of sequence, or BOTH. This causes election administration, mail delivery, and E911 response issues; GIS allows us to easily document them.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 13/01/2025

GIS is an election administrator's best friend... with one glance we can see every polling location, every address that is out of sequence/wrong side, zoning, overlapping precinct, ward, and state district lines, and other data layers to solve voter registration data issues.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 07/01/2025

It was an honor to be sworn in tonight for a fifth term as #Cranston's Registrar and Director of Elections. Thank you to the entire Cranston City Council and Board of Canvassers for your continued support, and congratulations to all of the elected officials inaugurated this week.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 22/12/2024

Annual chicken parm night.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 18/12/2024

Lucky timing just randomly driving by from a meeting this morning..

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 17/12/2024

It was a high honor to attend and observe today's meeting of the Rhode Island Electoral College at the State House, formally concluding our state's role in a presidential election administration process that, for local election officials, began over a year ago.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 16/12/2024

Cool cruise. Great mozzarella sticks.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 07/12/2024

Pretty sure these guys don't want us to go on vacation.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 07/12/2024

Another great Coventry Christmas tree lighting with Council President @hillaryvlima.bsky.social

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 02/12/2024

Fried chicken night with friends. An annual tradition.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 29/11/2024

It's their favorite day of the year.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 28/11/2024

Can't make chouriço stuffing without cook's helpers. #HappyThanksgiving

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 26/11/2024

Congratulations to all of the new and returning Coventry Town Council and School Committee members who were inaugurated tonight, and to @hillaryvlima.bsky.social on her reelection as our Town Council President!

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 22/11/2024

Happy 2024 Election Certification Day in Rhode Island!

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 19/11/2024

Stopping in to the RI Board of Elections to check out the 2024 risk-limiting audit. Teams of election officials, party officials, and the public are all invited to observe (and participate!) in this important last step to verify the accuracy of our elections prior to final certification.

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Nick Lima @nicklima.org · 18/11/2024

It took me a few days on the platform, but it just now dawned on me why @samghoward.bsky.social called the feed #RhodeSkyLand ... I never claimed to be the sharpest tool in the shed...

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