Duxbury: Drive-up, drop-off voting sticks
With a second drive-up voting booth set up outside the town garage and town office, Duxbury voters cast their ballots from their vehicles on Town Meeting Day with all items passing handily.
Citizens with facts on S.5 confront politicians with talking points
Lawmakers took the week off to return home for Town Meeting Week, in what is loosely the mid-point break in the legislative session. This year, it is not surprising that the controversial bill S.5 was a hot topic.
Paid time off to vote for Town Meeting Day? A new bill would make it happen
The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Joseph “Chip” Troiano, D-Stannard, said he drafted the bill after years of hearing comments about lacking attendance for Town Meeting Day and other elections.
Burlington residents say no to citizen-led police oversight body, yes to noncitizen voting
Burlington residents on Tuesday rejected a movement pushing for a citizen-led police oversight body with disciplinary powers, and they did so with 63% of the vote. However, voters approved noncitizen voting and ranked-choice voting.
Burlington voters deciding on six ballot initiatives
Burlington residents are out deciding six initiatives put to them on Town Meeting Day, including such hot-button topics as a citizen-led police oversight board and allowing voters to draft their own ordinances to put on the ballot.
Ben & Jerry’s joins liberal cohort calling for citizen-led police oversight in Burlington
Ben & Jerry’s, the Vermont ice cream giant owned by Unilever, has formally endorsed a resolution set for Town Meeting Day in Burlington concerning the creation of a citizen-led police oversight body.
Outsider independent running against Bernie staffer for Winooski school board
Two Winooskians are vying for a two-year seat, though: Housing Commission chair and former board member Robert Millar and Jordan Matte, who ran unsuccessfully for a Vermont House seat in 2022.
Randolph to vote on police proposal
When Randolph voters hit the ballot box on Town Meeting Day, they will be deciding how to fill four spots on the selectboard and whether to boost the police budget to over $770,000 for the following fiscal year, up 121%.
Unexpected new Vermont law oppresses citizen involvement in annual town meetings
It is disconcerting to see how the Vermont Legislature and the Vermont governor are now betraying us once again, as they casually dismiss Vermont law and citizen involvement in their own local governments.
Burlington voters to decide ballot measures related to policing, ranked-choice voting, noncitizen voting
On March 7, 2023, voters in Burlington, Vermont, will decide on at least seven ballot measures — five of which were placed on the ballot by the Burlington City Council, and two which were placed on the ballot by citizen initiative.
Burlington voters OK prostitution, new Rutland City School Board may change mascot again
On Town Meeting Day, the Rutland City School Board shifted left again, meaning the high school’s mascot debate is likely to continue. Also, Burlington residents voted in favor or legalizing prostitution and keeping Progressives in control of City Council.
Rutland City’s school board may have more conservatives after Town Meeting Day
The city of Rutland will see four conservative candidates attempt to take four open seats on the Rutland City School Board this Town Meeting Day.