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Tag: Vermont Secretary of State
State panel OKs $2 million for Town Meeting Day mail-in voting
Sending ballots to 440,000 voters for the general election Nov. 3 cost the state $1.5 million in postage alone. Town Meeting Day voting could cost much more.
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.
Condos introduces requirement for poll observers who may ‘challenge’ voters
The directive will require election observers who want to challenge a person’s right to vote to register with town clerks four days before the election.
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.
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.
Jim Condos: Safe and secure Vermont elections
No voter should have to choose between their health and their right to vote. We do have a safe, secure and accessible solution available to us.
Ballots are being sent by mail today. Find out how to navigate the new voting system.
This year the Vermont Secretary of State's office is sending ballots directly by mail to every active, registered voter between Sept. 21 and Oct. 1.
Mail-in ballots to be sent out in last 2 weeks of September
Secretary of State Jim Condos says the general election ballots would be mailed to all active voters no later than Oct. 1.
Primary 2020 results are official, with recounts brewing
Officially, 174,242 people cast ballots — smashing the previous primary record. Candidates have filed for recounts in at least one Senate and one House race.
Unofficial data shows Vermont breaks primary turnout records
Vermont Secretary of State Condos attributed the high turnout to the pandemic and to contested statewide races on both the Democratic and Republican ballots.
Chasing votes in a pandemic means focusing on absentee ballots
Democratic strategists are implementing a pandemic absentee ballot chase program ahead of the primary, as it is expected that voter data will reign supreme in the general election.
Jim Condos: Your vote is your voice
Make sure that you exercise your right to participate in our democracy in whatever way you decide is best for you.
