On July 23, the Rhode Island Secretary of State used a random procedure to determine the order in which parties would appear on the November 2010 ballot.  The Moderate Party will appear first, followed by the Democratic Party, then the Republican Party, then the column for independent candidates.

Some Rhode Island towns do not use a party column ballot format.  However, even in those towns, the random procedure determines which parties are listed first in the part of the ballot that includes the straight-ticket device, and the Moderate Party will be first there also.