During a forum Tuesday evening, several critics of the Secretary of State’s office took aim at what they describe as a lack of security protocols in Vermont’s current mail-in voting system and also lamented a lack of media coverage on the topic.
A family member of an elderly woman in the care of Barre Gardens, a nursing home in Barre City, says the state’s COVID-19 policies for patients and their families are violations of their rights.
At least 100 Vermonters gathered Saturday on the steps of the Vermont Statehouse to show their support of police and to protest government COVID restrictions.
The House gave preliminary approval on Tuesday to a bill that would make universal vote-by-mail a permanent feature of Vermont’s election system.
By a 9-2 vote, lawmakers in the House Committee on Government Operations on Thursday approved a marijuana commercialization bill that uses race to prioritize grants and loan access, positions on boards, and more.
The House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday discussed the cost of S.15, a bill that would require Vermont to send live ballots to every voter on the statewide checklist with or without a request.
About 75 Vermonters turned out on a chilly Sunday afternoon at the Gardner Park Bandstand to hear liberty-minded Vermonters speak out against COVID-19 lockdowns, media censorship and other government overreaches.
This week lawmakers were hard at work to ensure Vermont has an insecure election system in which live ballots are mailed to everyone on the voter checklist with no safeguards. Also, a judge said no to hearing more on a mask rebellion in Newport, and an old dispute in Bennington between political foes was partially settled.
State Treasurer Beth Pearce and some lawmakers from the Senate Government Operations Committee were at odds Wednesday over the proposed creation of an oversight commission to make recommendations on the state’s ongoing public worker pension crisis.
The Vermont secretary of state on Wednesday completed a post-election audit of the 2020 Vermont general election, and auditors found no major discrepancies from the results announced in November.
The House Committee on Government Operations on Wednesday discussed who should testify on a bill that would make permanent changes to Vermont’s election system — including adoption of a universal vote-by-mail system that sends live ballots to everyone on Vermont’s voter checklist.
A post-election audit of the 2020 general election for seven randomly selected communities in Vermont will take place Wednesday in Montpelier.