Gregg Amore

Gregg Amore graduated from East Providence High School in 1984. Amore earned a bachelor's degree in history from Providence College in 1988 and a master's degree in public policy from New England College in 2010. His career experience includes working as the athletic director for the East Providence School Department and a teacher with East Providence High School.[1]

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Campaign website

Amore's campaign website stated the following:

Elections/Voting

Among all the responsibilities of the Secretary of State, I believe our role in the administration of elections and pursuing policies to improve our elections is one of the most important jobs in all of government. We are seeing record low levels of trust in our government and widespread belief that our elections are neither free nor fair. These trends continue to be a risk to our democracy, and I take seriously the need to build trust in the community, regardless of who wins any particular contest.

I see the role of the Secretary of State to be the educator-in-chief for how we run our elections and why there are, in fact, so few examples of voter fraud. We employ some of the most cutting edge cybersecurity and election security measures, modeling our work after the same security measures used by other sensitive industries such as banking and law enforcement. My belief is that better communication to the public of what is currently in place can build trust and faith that our election results are the will of the people.

We must remember that everything about our elections should focus on what voters need to build greater participation in the process and trust in the outcome. Politicizing elections for the benefit of those in office turns democracy on its head. Good candidates can win elections so long as we are all playing by the same rules, so our policies and laws should reflect what will lead to greater participation and overall trust in the process.

To that end, there are a number of changes I believe will improve our elections:

First, we should create a permanent mail ballot list, where individuals can elect to participate in all future elections by receiving a mail ballot without having to apply each and every year.

Second, with the growth in unaffiliated voters, we should simplify the disaffiliation process so that voters do not unknowingly become members of a political party solely by the act of voting in a party primary.

Third, I believe we should pursue same-day registration so that people can choose to participate in an election right up until election day, rather than having to decide months in advance potentially before they know what is at stake.

Finally, there is a lot we can do to make it easier for a more diverse group of people to be able to run for office. This includes the need to expand our public financing of elections, so that the ability to serve your community is not related to personal wealth of the candidate or that candidate’s personal network. The fundraising burden on candidates keeps too many people from seeking office and leads to a lack of diversity in experience and perspectives in the elected office in Rhode Island.

Business

The Secretary of State plays a vital role in facilitating and overseeing the creation and dissolution of Rhode Island businesses. We must continue breaking down barriers to entrepreneurship and provide support for all Rhode Islanders who are seeking to start their next business, whether a new neighborhood restaurant or a global cybersecurity firm. We will do our part to make Rhode Island a place where people come to do business to support local jobs, create a stable tax base, and grow our economy.

As Secretary of State, I am committed to expanding the outreach and engagement efforts to those communities that have been historically underrepresented as entrepreneurs and business owners. We can continue to improve on how we provide necessary services such as licensing notaries and maintaining the corporate database. In 2022 there should be no need to physically visit the Secretary of State offices when this work can continue to be done online.

When elected the next Secretary of State, I am committed to:

Helping Rhode Islanders start new businesses

Working to ensure underrepresented communities know the resources available to them

Making it easier to dissolve a business

Continuing to move as many services online as possible

Continuing to facilitate and expand online workshops to help businesses navigate the start-up process, including MBE’s and WBE’s

Continuing to improve the SOS.ri.gov website in order to make it as intuitive and as navigable as possible

Lobbying

I understand people’s concern about the influence that well-paid and high profile lobbyists have. We need to maintain an open government of the people and by the people that reflects our values. To accomplish this, the Secretary of State’s office plays a vital role in tracking and maintaining records on who is lobbying on behalf of companies and other well-funded interests.

I am committed to the fight for auditing lobbyist reports and enforcement of our disclosure rules. These efforts are the cornerstone to tracking who is communicating with our legislators and spending money to influence the outcome of legislation. In our country where the Supreme Court has declared that money is a form of speech, disclosing who is spending money is the only way to build accountability.

My belief is that we can do more to make it easy for everyday Rhode Islanders to engage in the legislative process by engaging directly with their elected representatives. For non-professional lobbyists, such as staff at non-profit agencies or volunteers from local community groups, we can ease the registration and reporting requirements to encourage greater participation.

Civics Education

Rhode Island’s history is a treasure – not just to Rhode Islanders but to the entire nation. As one of the first states we have on hand original versions of some of our founding documents including the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. That is in addition to the already-on-display Royal Charter of 1638. Through access to these documents we are able to connect where our state is today with everything that has come before.

My goal is to better integrate these invaluable historical records into our school curriculum and ensure that each and every teacher and student has access. I hope that our educators continue to build a sense of civic engagement and sense of community that comes from recognizing our shared role in continuing the Lively Experiment that is Rhode Island. To accomplish this I believe we can provide more efficient and direct access to our archives for teachers and students. Many of our documents need to continue to be digitized and “translated” for modern use, including making them searchable and readable for our digital age.

While it may be ambitious, I would like to further the discussion of establishing a museum for Rhode Islanders and tourists alike to connect with Rhode Island’s history. Rhode Islanders deserve a public monument to our history and the unique contributions we have made to the entire nation.

As an acknowledgement of the importance of our teachers of civics and government, I will establish the Secretary of State’s Civics Teacher of the Year Award.

As a history teacher, I know how important civic engagement is for democracy. It is more important than ever to help young people connect to the world around them, develop a sense of community and learn how to make an impact on the issues that matter most to them. Should I be elected, there are two programs that I intend to implement to engage our young people.

The first would be to create a program where we would work with every Rhode Island high school and college/university to give them an opportunity to designate a staff and student liaison to the Department of State to help promote voter registration and to share information. These liaisons would play an active role in designing voter registration outreach plans for their school community, and they can help create curriculum and lessons based on primary documents available through the state archives. I will also encourage these liaisons to establish relationships with the Elections team, the staff at the RI State Archives, and the Department of State, in order to support their voter engagement programs and archive related curriculum needs and inquiries.

The second is to bring back the program called Project Insight. Project Insight is based on the popular national government and civics emersion program, Project Close Up, designed for high school juniors and seniors. The program engages high school students from around the state in a four day intensive program that involves them in the inner workings of their state government by exposing them to lawmakers, committee hearings, the judicial system, lobbyists, administration officials and other government officials. Students gather in workshops at the end of each day to discuss the day’s activities and design action plans around some of the major public policy questions facing the state. Project Insight is a once in a lifetime opportunity designed to inspire and empower students to become active participants in our democracy.[11]

—Gregg Amore's campaign website (2022)[12]

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