Known for gun-control legislation.

Should all Vermonters receive food assistance benefits? This idea was voiced Thursday in the House Committee on Human Services by Molly Gray, the executive director of the Vermont Afghan Alliance, former Vermont Lieutenant Governor, and 2026 Democratic candidate for Vermont Lieutenant Governor. Gray was joined by Drukhshan Farhad, the Program Officer of the Vermont Afghan Alliance, for testimony on updates to noncitizen eligibility of 3SquaresVT, which is Vermont’s version of SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). 

Plans to run for Vermont Senate

Former Vermont Lt. Gov. Molly Gray will again run for the state’s second-highest office next year, according to reporting from Seven Days and the Journal-Opinion.

Russ Ingalls criticizes Dame for calling his backers ‘cowards.’

An anonymous postcard critical of incumbent GOP chair Paul Dame’s fundraising record was mailed from Hartford, Connecticut this week and received by Republicans who will be voting in the Saturday, November 8 election. 

Copeland-Hanzas, who announced her bid for re-election on Monday, said “our office has no plans to share Vermont voter data with the federal government.”

“I think it’s something that Vermont could consider,” Sen. Brian Collamore (R-Rutland) said. “Certainly other states are.”

While money helps – a lot – neither is it a sure thing. The second and third largest state senate fundraisers both lost their elections.

“I’ve been swinging a hammer for a lot of years,” laughed the lifelong farmer/contractor. “I think I can handle a gavel.”

Brock told VDC in the hallway that “amidst conversations with the Republican caucus we determined that it would not be the proper action at this time to oppose Senator Baruth but that could be readdressed in the future. Do you know what pro tempore means in Latin? President for the time being.”

Before the ballots were distributed, several lawmakers praised Krowinski’s even temperament.

This year, Donald Trump picked up his highest percentage of Vermont votes yet. it was still less than a third of the total votes cast.

A third-party run by a socialist garnered 13,671 votes, perhaps enough to leave the final decision about the 204 lieutenant governor’s race to the Legislature.

Who replaced who in both House and Senate ….. so far.

Busa hopes the court rules that only the affected voters – somewhere between 40 and 75 – will be asked to cast ballots. But the Vermont Secretary of State wants the entire district to revote. 

Vermont requires some ID to register to vote, but not to cast a ballot.

Vermont is one of four states allowing non-citizen voting in local elections.

Complete listing of elected members of Vermont House of Representatives.

Remarkably, two of the 59 Vermont Trump Towns are college towns.

Whatever the reasons for or impact of the Diamondstone turnout, Rodgers’ victory was spurred mostly by widespread taxpayer discontent and the opinion that Chittenden County Democrats have been ignoring the housing, transportation, and energy needs of rural Vermonters.

A powerful Senate chair got sent to the electoral Hurt Locker Tuesday by a veteran who was a bomb disposal tech in Afghanistan.

The political axiom that ‘you can’t beat an incumbent senator’ didn’t hold true.

Most of the new GOP House members won by a wide margin.

Suburban, affluent, deep-Blue Charlotte leads all cities and towns with a 58% return rate of mailed ballots.

By tomorrow night, we’ll know whether affordability was a compelling concern for a critical mass of Vermont voters.

Since 2016, the number of Vermont schools serving as polling places has decreased by more than half.

What’s at stake is the power to support Gov. Phil Scott’s vetoes and, maybe, change in the leadership of the Senate.

The towns with the highest reported voter turnout so far are Charlotte in Chittenden County, and Calais in Washington County, with 44%.

It’s not business as usual in the races for the 150 seats in the Vermont House of Representatives.

Former Gov. Jim Douglas mentioned that he was elected to the legislature at 21-years-old and there were three other legislators younger than him when he got there.

VDC asked people who have worked with Laura Sibilia in the State House what they think of her decision to run for Speaker of the House.

VDC asked the Sec State office if there’s a particular, potential problem voters don’t know about that would warrant a sense of urgency.

Middlebury had the highest proportion of returned ballots as of Oct. 10 at 20%, according to the data. South Hero and Guildhall followed with 19% and 18%.

“As Americans, it is our duty to protect our democracy and our constitutional republic by ensuring a peaceful and fair election and a peaceful transition of power regardless of who wins.”

Allowing time for postal delivery, Vermonters can expect their ballots to arrive via the United States Postal Service (USPS) by the first half of October.

Three different numbers are listed for November, 2022 Vermont voter turnout.

Veterans can help close the gap of poll worker shortages.

The vendor, WSD of Connecticut, offshored the work trying to meet a deadline for a New Hampshire voting system. Today, the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office confirmed that WSD is also Vermont’s vendor.

Recommendations similar to French policy: mail-in ballots are banned, voters required to vote in person with a photo ID, and paper ballots must be hand-counted.

The published list shows August 13 primary winners and candidates added by primary write-in vote and subsequent party nominations. 

“The report function did not operate correctly this morning, and our built-in checks caught the issue,” Copeland-Hanzas said.

This old dog finally figured out how to turn the campaign finance report doorknob.

Vermont in the past has seen outside private financial support for its public elections systems. It could happen again.

Two farmers, including (at least) one marijuana farmer, will face off for lieutenant governor in November.

Chittenden Dems give former TV news anchor poor ratings. In LG race, two farmers come out on top. See all the results from yesterday’s primary.

All states’ voter rolls, including Vermont’s, are growing faster than the actual population. In some, the rolls are now larger than the listed population.

Rodgers was known over the years to break with Democrat Party ranks on issues such as gun control and high spending. Some of Rodgers’ other experiences include running a construction business, a plowing business, property rentals, a hemp company, and a marijuana farm. He’s also a stonemason.

Every candidate running in a contested primary listed below.

The Secretary of State’s office has produced a series of videos aimed at helping Vermonters, including non-English speakers, understand, have faith in, and register to vote in Vermont elections.

At least two candidates failed to redact banking information from their tax returns – and the Secretary of State’s office didn’t catch the error until it was too late.