The ballot-qualified Moderate Party of Rhode Island has announced that it will fill most, if not all, of the statewide state ticket. See this story. Thanks to Nancy Hanks for the link. The Moderate Party is also hoping to get a bill introduced in the 2010 legislature to ease the petition requirement. The party’s bill last year, to lower the number of signatures from 5% of the last gubernatorial vote, to a flat 10,000 signatures, passed the Senate but not the House.