Rhode Island requires 1,000 signatures for candidates to get on a presidential primary ballot. The deadline for turning the signatures into the towns is December 26 at 4 p.m.

So far, these 9 Republican candidates have submitted signatures to Providence city elections officials: Hugh Cort, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Huckabee, Duncan Hunter, Alan Keyes, John McCain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson.

These 5 Democrats have submitted signatures to Providence: Hillary Clinton, Chris Dodd, John Edwards, Dennis Kucinich, Barack Obama. Since this post is being written 2 hours and 30 minutes before the deadline, it is not possible to know if Joe Biden and Bill Richardson will also file. UPDATE: Biden and Richardson also turned in signatures before the deadline.