The truth is that should S.15 become law, Vermont would have no effective security mechanisms to verify the validity of an absentee ballot. Election officials at the state and local levels admit that they have no way to verify who actually filled out an absentee ballot.
“Don’t assume that minorities can’t do for themselves,” Haley says. “We are perfectly capable of getting a photo ID. We’re perfectly capable of picking the school of our choice. We are perfectly capable of understanding how to make the most of our opportunities.”
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.
If S.15 passes, Vermont would have the least secure voting system in the country. In this video, reporter Matthew Strong interviews Rob Roper of the Ethan Allen Institute about S.15, the all-mail voting bill, and what it means for Vermont.
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.
Florida, the nation’s third-most populous state, could join scores of other states in enacting election reforms. The proposal, which awaits action in the Florida House of Representatives, is similar to a measure that passed as part of Georgia’s new election law.
Proponents of expanded vote-by-mail say it will increase voter turnout. However, data provided by New Hampshire Secretary of State Bill Gardner doesn’t bear out the claim.
A bill that would have Vermont automatically mail out live ballots to all active voters on the statewide checklist has passed the Senate and is currently in the House Committee on Government Operations. Here’s what you need to know about this bill.
New Hampshire’s Secretary of State Bill Gardner, testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee, called the Democrat-backed voting bill H.R. 1, entitled the For the People Act, an “unjustified federal intrusion” into the way individual states conduct their elections.
Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos announced the date and towns included in the post-election audit of 2020 Vermont General Election results, which will occur on Wednesday, April 28th at the Pavilion Auditorium in Montpelier, starting at 9 a.m.
In this third installment of an investigative series into Vermont election security and the impacts of S.15, we look to town clerk feedback, and what simple measures could be included in S.15 to make it work, and another option to mass mailing ballots every election.
Secretary of State Jim Condos, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray and Attorney General T.J. Donovan joined a bipartisan coalition of over 50 current or former statewide elected leaders calling upon corporate leadership to speak out following the passage of Georgia’s voting law.