
Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday allowed a charter change to become law without his signature, empowering the city to move forward with ranked choice voting.
Gov. Phil Scott on Thursday allowed a charter change to become law without his signature, empowering the city to move forward with ranked choice voting.
“When you're in legislative leadership, you cannot keep everybody happy,” former House Speaker Gaye Symington said. “Ain't gonna happen.”
After spending $55,295, the Republican Senate candidate had $101,546 cash-on-hand as of March 31, according to a filing submitted this week to the Federal Election Commission.
A charter change the city passed in 2018 does not violate the state constitution, Judge Robert Mello ruled, because the Legislature decides who is eligible to vote in municipal elections.
The candidates have yet to distinguish themselves from one another on major policy issues. In opening statements Tuesday night, they largely sought to differentiate themselves based on their experience and life stories.
Judge Samuel Hoar of Chittenden Superior Court upheld independent incumbent Ali Dieng’s two-vote win over Democrat Aleczander Stith in Burlington’s Ward 7.
Nearly 3,000 city residents showed up at the polls this Town Meeting Day, about 20% more than at similar local elections, which led the clerk’s office to photocopy additional ballots.
Aurora Hurd finished first with 426 votes, and Thomas Renner finished second with 402.
So far, eight people who are not citizens have registered to vote, according to Winooski City Clerk Jenny Weillingham. That’s a small share, though, of the roughly 600 non-citizens in Winooski who are eligible to vote for the first time this year.
Ethan Lawrence, the only candidate on the ballot, has been accused of making “bullying” comments and spreading misinformation online about Covid-19. Lawrence has disputed those characterizations.
While corporations can no longer give directly to Welch, the lobbyists advocating on their behalf can and do. According to FEC filings for this quarter, the Congressman received at least $1,000 each from individual employees at some of the biggest lobbying firms in D.C., including Peck Madigan Jones, Akin Gump, and the Daschle Group.
If it becomes law, Vermonters would have the chance to rank their preferred candidates in the 2024 presidential primary.
With five councilors unsure whether they’ll run again, the 12-member body could get a major shakeup when eight of its seats are on the ballot in March.
After failing to get voter approval on a $40 million spending plan, city leaders hope to approach voters with a trimmed-down proposal to vote March 1.