依照維基的消息
"Rhode Island and Providence Plantations" is the longest official name of any state in the Union. On June 25, 2009, the General Assembly voted to allow the people to decide whether to keep the name or drop "Providence Plantations" due to the misperception that the name relates to slavery.[14] The referendum election was held on this subject during the November 2, 2010 elections, and the people overwhelmingly voted (78% to 22%) to keep the original name.[15]
簡單翻譯，羅德島州的官方名稱是""Rhode Island and Providence Plantations"(羅德島與普洛威頓斯莊園州)，是美國州名最長的一個州。因為Providence Plantations(普洛威頓斯莊園)，會讓人連想到奴隸制度，所以政府倡議修改州名，直接去掉 Providence Plantations這兩個字。於是，在2010/11/2的選舉中，就順便舉行公民投票來表決。結果有將近八成的民眾希望維持原州名。
故改名失敗。
