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This State Just Voted to Officially Change Its Name

RTM Staff by RTM Staff
November 5, 2020
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Rhode Island is no longer the “smallest state with the longest name.”

Voters in the Ocean State, formerly known as “Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,” approved a ballot measure to remove “and Providence Plantations” from the state’s official name.

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The referendum was introduced in the state senate by Rhode Island’s sole Black senator, Harold Metts, in the wake of the George Floyd protests earlier this year. At the time, Metts called the name “a hurtful term to so many of us” due to the word “plantation” and its connotations of slavery.

Early results show that 52.9 percent of voters approved the change.

Officials say they plan in the coming weeks to assess all state property in order to remove the words “Providence Plantations” – including on the 116-year old State House’s grand marble facade.

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Rhode Island’s name change joins a growing list of other successful ballot measures this year, including legalized marijuana in five states and a new flag for Mississippi.

This is an excerpt from the New York Post. For the full version, click here.

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