This support forum thread has both an explanation and a code snippet that you might be able to work up into a solution.
The “Right Now” widget is tied to the edit_posts capability. I don’t know about the incoming links widget or quick post widget, but I’d guess it’s the same issue of either requiring edit_posts or another similar post-specific capability.
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