The Legislature plans quick action on a plan that would give towns the ability to send out Town Meeting ballots to residents or postpone the date for voting.
Lawmakers poised to expand vote-by-mail to Town Meeting Day
Tag: mail-in voting
Mail-in voting amplified Red and Blue Vermont; the effect turned out to be fairly even
‘We saw more Democratic voter turnout in districts that lean Democratic, and Republicans turned up to vote in higher numbers in more Republican areas of the state.’
Will Vermont make this year’s expansion of vote-by-mail permanent?
Some Democrats say they would support permanently expanding the vote-by-mail system. Others say the move could be prohibitively expensive.
Scott to ‘reflect’ on making mail-in voting expansion permanent
Scott also said Friday the state should consider sending ballots to every home for Town Meeting Day in March.
Mail-in voting drives record turnout, but Trump supporters vote in-person
Early data suggests the state’s mail-in voting expansion was utilized widely, with towns seeing on average around 75% of registered voters choosing to cast a ballot that was sent to them.
Vermont set to break record voting totals
In some Vermont towns, early voting alone nearly matched voter turnout in a typical year. And polling stations across Vermont Tuesday morning still saw steady traffic for in-person voting.
Vermont election clerks say they’re ready for the ballot count, high-tech or old-school
“Because of the national news, there are more concerned calls” about whether the election count will be safe and sound, one local official notes.
The Deeper Dig: Counting ballots in a crisis
The pandemic is creating unusual circumstances for this year’s general election — but local officials on the frontlines say the proper safeguards are in place.
In Vermont, hope is that universal mail-in balloting becomes the norm
Vermont has gone farther than almost any other state this year in making sure that residents can vote safely during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bob Stannard: Voting done right
It’s a known fact that the more convenient voting can be made for our citizens, the more people will vote. In Vermont you can register to vote on any day up to and including the day of the election.
David Flemming: Vermont falls short in election safeguards
But Americans in all 50 states have begun to lose faith that our elections give everyone a fair shot at winning. Vermont’s elections cannot be just “good enough” to pass legal muster.
Thousands of undeliverable absentee ballots returned to municipalities
State and local officials say that if Vermont voters haven’t received mail-in ballots, they can still request them from town or city clerks.
Vermont delegation decries removal of mail processor at White River Junction facility
Sanders, Leahy and Welch say the machine is critical to processing mail-in ballots before the Nov. 3 election.
Condos, Donovan decry voter intimidation after Trump pushes poll watching
After the president asked his supporters to engage in poll watching, Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos and Attorney General TJ Donovan warned that voter intimidation is illegal.