By Guy Page
Every town and city in Vermont voted on Election Day, Nov. 8 to pass Prop 5/Article 22, according to published Vermont Secretary of State town-by-town voting results.
As seen on the town-by-town spreadsheet, 291,955 ballots were cast. Yes votes were 212,323; no votes, 64,239; 53 were “overvotes” (presumably voting yes and no); and on 15,340 ballots, the Article 22 boxes were left blank. The amendment enshrines ‘reproductive liberty’ in the state constitution.
Vermont is now being seen as a ground-breaking leader in legalizing abortion without any gestational limits, Planned Parenthood Executive Director Lucy Leriche reportedly said Nov. 9.
The community most heavily in favor of Article 22 was Norwich in Windsor County, a wealthy bedroom town for Dartmouth College staff and professors and medical professionals at the nearby hospital. Voters there went about 12-1 in favor. Voting about 9-1 in favor were Burlington and the Windham County town of Putney.
Perhaps the town with the closest margin was Lowell, voting yes 166 and no 156. Irasburg voted yes 268 and no 228.
The town by town results were inaccessible to Vermont Daily Chronicle for at least two weeks, and were the subject of back-and-forth emails between VDC and the Secretary of State’s Office. However, as of this morning (and perhaps earlier), the town-by-town results were easy to access, and are printed below.
ADDISON 442 250
ALBANY 293 132
ALBURGH 450 297
ANDOVER 210 89
ARLINGTON 838 310
ATHENS 105 66
BAKERSFIELD 386 150
BALTIMORE 67 45
BARNARD 438 84
BARNET 608 240
BARRE CITY 1,925 782
BARRE TOWN 2,416 1,189
BARTON 563 311
BELVIDERE 92 50
BENNINGTON 3,763 1,348
BENSON 272 165
BERKSHIRE 295 189
BERLIN 919 293
BETHEL 640 179
BLOOMFIELD 74 25
BOLTON 493 117
BRADFORD 862 253
BRAINTREE 418 144
BRANDON 1,192 459
BRATTLEBORO 4,274 648
BRIDGEWATER 295 106
BRIDPORT 377 213
BRIGHTON 248 169
BRISTOL 1,388 357
BROOKFIELD 531 181
BROOKLINE 203 62
BROWNINGTON 229 89
BRUNSWICK 39 11
BURKE 546 182
BURLINGTON 14,381 1,695
CABOT 518 205
CALAIS 766 110
CAMBRIDGE 1,357 309
CANAAN 223 96
CASTLETON 1,051 554
CAVENDISH 442 192
CHARLESTON 256 126
CHARLOTTE 1,902 313
CHELSEA 401 150
CHESTER 1,003 353
CHITTENDEN 444 224
CLARENDON 635 436
COLCHESTER 5,248 1,650
CONCORD 289 164
CORINTH 484 155
CORNWALL 561 111
COVENTRY 243 139
CRAFTSBURY 505 115
DANBY 396 197
DANVILLE 895 322
DERBY 1,172 637
DORSET 922 192
DOVER 512 145
DUMMERSTON 890 150
DUXBURY 557 120
EAST HAVEN 78 17
EAST MONTPELIER 1,184 213
EDEN 303 120
ELMORE 407 79
ENOSBURGH 664 337
ESSEX JCT CITY 3,597 1,018
ESSEX TOWN 4,027 1,457
FAIR HAVEN 617 326
FAIRFAX 1,605 689
FAIRFIELD 596 251
FAIRLEE 391 79
FAYSTON 678 87
FERRISBURGH 1,133 369
FLETCHER 506 145
FRANKLIN 348 211
GEORGIA 1,347 761
GLOVER 371 132
GOSHEN 83 24
GRAFTON 253 71
GRANBY 17 13
GRAND ISLE 810 309
GRANVILLE 112 10
GREENSBORO 324 66
GROTON 284 155
GUILDHALL 100 33
GUILFORD 856 207
HALIFAX 285 104
HANCOCK 109 27
HARDWICK 803 247
HARTFORD 3,769 784
HARTLAND 1,320 303
HIGHGATE 718 466
HINESBURG 1,948 433
HOLLAND 150 113
HUBBARDTON 229 90
HUNTINGTON 895 182
HYDE PARK 1,023 264
IRA 128 79
IRASBURG 268 228
ISLE LA MOTTE 204 91
JAMAICA 327 72
JAY 162 74
JERICHO 2,245 687
JOHNSON 873 249
KILLINGTON 505 110
KIRBY 197 86
LANDGROVE 96 11
LEICESTER 308 127
LEMINGTON 20 14
LINCOLN 642 121
LONDONDERRY 644 161
LOWELL 166 156
LUDLOW 664 270
LUNENBURG 243 161
LYNDON 1,194 633
MAIDSTONE 74 31
MANCHESTER 1,694 398
MARLBORO 448 57
MARSHFIELD 530 194
MENDON 425 152
MIDDLEBURY 2,785 468
MIDDLESEX 810 148
MIDDLETOWN SPR. 331 150
MILTON 2,948 1,480
MONKTON 859 253
MONTGOMERY 449 144
MONTPELIER 3,677 466
MORETOWN 795 141
MORGAN 172 130
MORRISTOWN 1,976 476
MOUNT HOLLY 432 227
MOUNT TABOR 64 24
NEW HAVEN 693 217
NEWARK 180 110
NEWBURY 709 235
NEWFANE 750 135
NEWPORT CITY 826 447
NEWPORT TOWN 348 224
NORTH HERO 421 182
NORTHFIELD 1,378 478
NORTON 48 40
NORWICH 1,877 151
ORANGE 283 159
ORWELL 407 181
PANTON 266 77
PAWLET 549 186
PEACHAM 371 65
PERU 190 32
PITTSFIELD 215 53
PITTSFORD 840 400
PLAINFIELD 531 93
PLYMOUTH 224 72
POMFRET 495 71
POULTNEY 875 406
POWNAL 888 464
PROCTOR 469 238
PUTNEY 1,003 125
RANDOLPH 1,627 505
READING 321 54
READSBORO 211 110
RICHFORD 390 241
RICHMOND 1,899 379
RIPTON 268 37
ROCHESTER 465 94
ROCKINGHAM 1,392 361
ROXBURY 246 80
ROYALTON 872 233
RUPERT 270 89
RUTLAND CITY 3,937 1,691
RUTLAND TOWN 1,336 644
RYEGATE 341 138
ST ALBANS CITY 1,661 581
ST ALBANS TOWN 1,945 927
SAINT GEORGE 252 86
SAINT JOHNSBURY 1,846 714
SALISBURY 372 126
SANDGATE 133 68
SEARSBURG 29 12
SHAFTSBURY 1,276 423
SHARON 517 126
SHEFFIELD 172 98
SHELBURNE 3,684 722
SHELDON 421 244
SHOREHAM 436 128
SHREWSBURY 396 161
SO. BURLINGTON 7,995 1,499
SOUTH HERO 828 250
SPRINGFIELD 2,223 923
STAMFORD 238 154
STANNARD 76 17
STARKSBORO 659 189
STOCKBRIDGE 307 71
STOWE 2,098 374
STRAFFORD 582 69
STRATTON 110 26
SUDBURY 236 57
SUNDERLAND 389 128
SUTTON 270 104
SWANTON 1,478 850
THETFORD 1,306 182
TINMOUTH 200 86
TOPSHAM 311 157
TOWNSHEND 465 92
TROY 342 232
TUNBRIDGE 513 161
UNDERHILL 1,444 400
VERGENNES 962 249
VERNON 517 354
VERSHIRE 287 56
VICTORY 27 19
WAITSFIELD 864 118
WALDEN 326 132
WALLINGFORD 657 324
WALTHAM 197 65
WARDSBORO 279 74
WARREN 849 92
WASHINGTON 361 120
WATERBURY 2,346 368
WATERFORD 419 209
WATERVILLE 235 106
WEATHERSFIELD 996 392
WELLS 353 199
WEST FAIRLEE 221 43
WEST HAVEN 90 27
WEST RUTLAND 552 327
WEST WINDSOR 573 137
WESTFIELD 194 97
WESTFORD 826 296
WESTMINSTER 1,145 249
WESTMORE 108 52
WESTON 301 56
WEYBRIDGE 444 71
WHEELOCK 248 100
WHITING 134 36
WHITINGHAM 369 172
WILLIAMSTOWN 866 461
WILLISTON 4,310 1,178
WILMINGTON 675 185
WINDHAM 183 51
WINDSOR 1,080 317
WINHALL 390 74
WINOOSKI 2,276 337
WOLCOTT 561 142
WOODBURY 342 116
WOODFORD 116 41
WOODSTOCK 1,375 271
WORCESTER 409 86
Unless there is an immaculate conception, there is a man involved…. one who in other cultures would
stand by the mother and help raise the child…. but the man, in our culture, is totally out of the picture,
as well as the child they created….. in other cultures this man or father, this woman or mother, along
with the child is called a family and is treasured as the basic foundation of a society.
What is a man? What does it mean nowadays to be a man in Vermont?
People on here, all I can say to you is RUN, not walk, to Barnes and Noble on Dorset Street and buy Rabbi Jonathan Cahn’s new New York Times best-seller “The Return of the Gods”. It is unlike anything you have ever read. Trust me. Prepare to have your mid blown. It is totally relevant to this discussion. Vermont is toast. I just read it and I am still gob-smacked by it.
Kathryn: Since few are likely to run to B&N for Cahn’s book, it would be helpful is you would give us a synopsis of it. We might be more inclined to pick it up.
Thanks.
Perhaps this is an indication of how much people do not want government dictating what they believe is their own right to decide. Defintely a reaction to the overturning of Roe by the Supreme Court.
It may be a reaction to overturning Roe, Mr. Freitag. But that’s an entirely over-simplified and misunderstood grievance.
H.57, for example, was passed in 2019. It already provides access to abortion in Vermont, at any time during a pregnancy, for any reason, or for no reason at all. Article 22 says nothing about women or abortion. It addresses the undefined and unlimited concept of ‘reproductive liberty’ for all. Anything goes… because everything we do is associated with ‘reproduction’… it’s our survival.
Gender dysphoria mitigation at any age, organ harvesting, all enabled by Article 22, are now fair game. And the title, ‘Reproductive Liberty Act’, is as disingenuous as most legislative titles these days. Yes, the amendment says anyone, and everyone, has ‘reproductive liberty’ – UNLESS THERE IS A COMPELLING STATE INTEREST. And if you believe the BS from the VT ACLU, that the ‘compelling State interest’ language makes changing the law more difficult, think again. What it means is that the courts now have the final say… about anything and everything deemed ‘reproductive’.
Why is this concept so misunderstood by so many Vermonters? Because organizations like Front Porch Forum and VT Digger actively censored comments like these, all while publishing ads from Planned Parenthood (the profiteers), the League of Women Voters (an oxymoron given our current gender dysphoria), and the VT ACLU (another oxymoronic moniker), promoting Article 22 in every issue.
Whatever anyone else thinks of Article 22, I’m ashamed by the outcome because so many of my friends and neighbors voted for it. I thought I knew them. I thought they knew me. I was wrong.
You well be right that the vote was an over-simplified and misunderstood grievance in regards to the current Supreme Court overturning 50 years of precedence on Roe.
My observation in listening to discussions on this issue are that some people have the same passionate feelings as to what they feel is their right of reproductive choice as some gun owners have in regards to the 2nd Amendment. In both cases feelings are often so strong as to little room for thoughtful consideration of the issues and their consequences.
You can’t help yourself, can you. There are no 2nd amendment advocates I know advocating for the right to shoot and kill someone, anyone, at any time, for any reason, or for no reason at all.
Ah Jay, I was not trying to compare the issues on their merits, just the intensity of the feelings of those who feel their rights threatened by the government. Basically, trying to make sense out of this lopsided vote that took many, including yourself, by surprise.
Since when are “passionate feelings as to what they feel is their right” not based on merit? People have passionate feelings for all sorts of things. You focused the comparison on the 2nd amendment. So did I.
Jay, you got it exactly right.
I support a woman’s right to choose. That is: no woman should be forced to carry a pregnancy she did not intend. Although, I do believe women should do more to prevent the pregnancy in the first place. Still, I voted NO because abortion, at this time anyway, is secure in VT. If it wasn’t I would have voted YES. My vote was about the vague language.
You can’t blame FPF, VTDigger or anyone else. Repubs did a TERRIBLE job campaigning on this issue. It never should have been about abortion.
It was a terrible strategy to hammer away at late-term abortion. I was disappointed that they didn’t acknowledge that abortion access is secure in VT and that the vague language, and its unintended consequences was their target. Instead, they made it a religious issue. Something they stupidly do all the time. They are their own worst enemy.
Re: “You can’t blame FPF, VTDigger or anyone else.”
Yes, I can, Joy. As I hold us both responsible for our political positions – the policies we presume to impose on ourselves and others.
If someone reads FPF and VT Digger for their daily dose of current events and political sentiment, and these outlets refuse to publish anything that criticizes a specific narrative, who is to blame? Most of my friends and neighbors don’t read TNR or VDC. But why should they have to do so to get a balanced picture of our world?
Did Republicans ‘do a terrible job’? Well, one thing is certain: they didn’t win many seats. But is that because they did a poor job? Or is it, as the first comment in this thread contends, that the two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch placed their order?
Yes, it is because “Repubs did a VERY poor job” campaigning on Art 22. Focusing on late-term abortions wasn’t smart in this state. I voted NO on Art. 22 but, I didn’t take serious any of their scare tactics.
As I said before, it was the vagueness of the language.
Given the partisan news reporting, your friends and neighbors do need to seek non-partisan reporting. It’s a no-brainer.
John abortion was a topic that the media was obsessed with- but yet I never had a single conversation with anyone at all about this- and I do a whole lot of talking politics to people.
The economy was the only thing that people ever brought up..
Seems there was quite a disconnect between what the media was talking about and what real people were talking about.
But yet look at the election results- how odd eh?
Turning away from God. I’m afraid Vermont will pay the price.
Revenge is mine says the Lord!
Revenge is mine says the Lord ? Not sure this is a biblical quote. Certainly not something Jesus ever said.
Ms. Allaire didn’t say Jesus uttered those words, Mr. Freitag. And, despite your continued deflections and false prophesies, while it was Moses who was the original scribe, God authored the words “It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.” (Deuteronomy 32:35)
The Lord of the Old Testement was indeed pretty severe and examples are rife not only in Deuterornomy but also Leviticus.
The teaching of Jesus as presented in the Gospels that superseded the older Book speak more to the power of love and forgiveness. While I personally attempt to hold to that, it is up to each individual to find thier own way.
For us mortals to attempt to speak for God or threaten His wrath on those who do not see it our way may be a bit presumptionous. It might be far better to lead by example and from the heart.
Mr. Freitag, how you so conveniently forget that “Ms. Allaire didn’t say Jesus uttered those words”? And no one said the Gospels don’t speak to the power of love and forgiveness. And Ms. Allaire didn’t threaten anyone. She expressed a fear that ‘Vermont will pay a price’ for its indiscretions.
Your persistent innuendo and false dichotomy are a test of faith to be sure. You forsake God’s commandments (Exodus 20:1-17) when making the claim that the New Testament ‘supersedes’ the Old Book. Are you presuming to speak for God?
Matthew 5:17-20 (The New Testament)
“Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. Anyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
It’s not a threat, Mr. Freitag. It’s a prophesy.
Religious ambushing has gotten the Repubs NOWHERE.
My town, Westminster (next to Putney), voted 1,145 to 249. That’s 78.5% in favor of Article 22. A bit more than the State average. And to be honest, although I spoke out and voted against Article 22, I still feel a sense of shame with this result. Where do we go from here? Lord only knows.
This is all stunning information
They didn’t go for this ‘a little’, they went for this A LOT.
And what does this say?
Nothing good..
I’m finding it interesting that the Dartmouth region, of largely medical staff and a lot of high end professionals- what we think of as “so intelligent”, went for this poorly worded disaster.
What happened to “First Do No Harm” for these people?
Now can they see why there is such little faith in the medical community today?
It’s really sickening Jay.
Great reporting TNR showing this to the people.
Hat tip to you!!
this may explain A LOT. please help spread it around
https://www.stewpeters.com/video/2022/11/live-world-premiere-died-suddenly/#gf_6
above link is to “movie” DIED SUDDENLY
Exposes many uncomfortable truths re the vax scandal
What happened to “First Do No Harm” for these people?
First, make money.
Right again, Jay.
Seems rgewre’s little hope for the unborn in VT.
I wonder how many are aware of
the situations described by James OKeefe HERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1B-L_wfbhXc
I dare say there may be similar situations here.