Winooski organizations, leaders weigh in on retail cannabis proposal
On Town Meeting Day this March, Winooski voters have an important question to answer: should Winooski allow cannabis retailers in the city?
Building decarbonization with ‘climate justice’ to highlight Burlington Town Meeting Day ballot
Among the initiatives that Burlington residents will be voting on this Town Meeting Day include two climate-themed goals: letting the city regulate residential and thermal energy systems, and doing so with “climate justice” in mind.
Letter: Vote no on climate-related ballot questions 3 and 7 in Burlington
Moving McNeil’s primary electrical source to natural gas from wood would reduce CO2 emissions. Yet proposals 3 and 7 would disallow this. This is counter-productive.
34 towns decline retail marijuana vote
On Town Meeting Day at least 20 Vermont cities and towns will decide whether to allow retail marijuana. At least 34 towns won’t even have the question on the Town Meeting ballot.
MAGA Patriot Party has filed with the FEC
The MAGA Patriot Party National Committee filed with the Federal Election Commission on Monday, despite former President Donald Trump saying he’s not considering starting a new party, according to a senior advisor.
Roper: Town clerks shed light on election fraud in Vermont
Town clerks revealed that we have an election system that cannot reliably protect against fraudulent mail-in ballots, is run by officials who receive little to no training in how to detect fraudulent votes, and, when fraud or potential fraud is flagged, it is ignored by the Secretary of State’s office and the Attorney General’s office.
Roper: Vermont director of elections testifies to how easy mail-in ballot fraud is
Will Senning admits fraudulent votes were counted in this election. We had instances of detected double voting in one person’s name and an admission that the fraudulent votes were not — indeed could not be — removed from the total vote count. How many?
Sanders lashes out at Trump, fellow senators, millions of voters who believe election was stolen
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt, joined other liberal voices over the weekend in criticizing President Donald Trump and millions of Trump voters who are questioning the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.
In past 20 years, Democrats objected 3 times to Electoral College certifications
Democrats have on three separate occasions objected to the validity of electoral votes on the floor of Congress. Wednesday, Jan. 6, will mark the first time Republicans choose do so in the past two decades.
3 keys to understanding senators’ proposal to audit presidential election
In a move that isn’t without precedent, 11 Senate Republicans are pushing for a special panel to investigate questions of fraud arising from the presidential election.
Petition urging Welch to investigate election fraud delivered today
A citizen petition signed by 753 Vermonters urging Rep. Peter Welch to investigate allegations of electoral fraud in the 2020 presidential election was given today to Vermont’s lone congressman two days before he votes on whether to accept the electoral votes disputed in many states.
11 Republican senators – led by Ted Cruz – will object to Electoral College certification
Eleven Republican senators, led by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, announced Saturday that they would object to the certification of states’ Electoral College votes when Congress meets on Jan. 6.