In January the Governor signed the 2021 fiscal year budget with $400 million in bonds that voters must approve in a special election March 2. - Voter Information Handbook: A Guide to State Referenda and Voting Procedures in Rhode Island 

Voter Registration Deadline: 01/31/2021
Mail Ballot Application Deadline: 02/09/2021

*The Emergency Ballot period extends from the Mail Ballot deadline up until 4pm the day before the election.

The bond questions include:

Question 1 — $107.3 million for higher education, including $57.3 million for a fine arts center at URI, $38 million for the Clarke Science Building at RIC and $12 million to renovate CCRI’s campuses.
Question 2 — $74 million for environment and recreational projects, a total of $10 million over the governor’s original proposal.

• $4 million for local recreation projects
• $3 million for natural and working lands
• $15 million for clean and drinking water
• $7 million for municipal resiliency projects
• $33 million for state beaches, parks and campgrounds
• $4 million for the proposed park on the former I-195 land in Providence
• $6 million for Providence River dredging (included in the 2018 green bond, but funding proved insufficient)
• $2 million for the Woonasquatucket Greenway

Question 3 — $65 million for affordable housing, an increase of $40 million over the original proposal, included in the amendment offered by the governor in July.
Question 4 — $71.7 million for transportation initiatives
Question 5 — $15 million for early childhood care and the educational capital fund
Question 6 — $7 million for arts and cultural infrastructure, including $6 million for the cultural arts and economy grant program, and $1 million for the state preservation grants program.
Question 7 — $60 million for commerce infrastructure, including $20 million for the Port of Davisville at Quonset and $40 million for industrial site development.