The city had elected via a charter change in 2023 to allow non-citizens who are still residents in the city to vote in certain non-state-wide elections.

The name of a state senator who died after the candidate filing deadline passed will remain on the August 13 primary ballot.

A former Democratic Legislator and State Senator to run for Statewide office as a Republican

A longtime Orleans County senator and representative has announced his retirement at the end of the current session.

f a candidate receives more than half of the first choices, that candidate wins, just like in any other election. However, if there is no majority winner after counting the first choices, the race is decided by an instant runoff.

Split-ticket delegates to the National Convention will be picked at the state convention in May.

Members from selectboards across valley towns including Waitsfield, Warren and Moretown say they aren’t considering the idea right now. 

Elections should not be determined by who cheats better.

A member of the Vermont GOP Special Election Committee praises a national resolution supporting paper ballots, limited voting time periods, auditable balloting, and voter identification.

A new Vermont GOP subcommittee will study the effect of universal mail-in ballots, drop boxes, and other innovations on election integrity.

When the Vermont Supreme Court ruled in January against the National/Vermont Republican Party non-citizen voting suit, it left a door open. Now the state and national parties are walking through it with a second lawsuit in hand.

Every February of municipal election years, Seattle voters receive four $25 “democracy vouchers” — blue slips of paper totaling $100 on which voters can write in candidates and direct public funds to those campaigns.

The audit consisted of running ballots from seven towns through tabulators different from the Election Day machines.

The Town of Norwich voted 26-1 in favor of Proposal 2.

Norwich, a wealthy Windsor County bedroom town for Dartmouth College and the nearby hospital, voted about 12-1 in favor.

Two Republicans and a Democrat want recounts for House elections in which they narrowly trail the next top vote-getter.

Editor’s first person account of his town’s hand-count audit of a statewide race counted by a Dominion vote tabulator.

Constitutional amendments and Gov. Phil Scott won big in Vermont’s November 8 general election.

A Justice of the Peace and IT professional is waiting for answers from the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office about the security of the new Dominion voting tabulators.

Ballots are not being mailed to people – they are being mailed to addresses. The people may or may not be there. If you get an excess ballot, report it.

“Whether you plan to vote early by mail, in-person at your Town Clerk’s office, by dropping your ballot at a secure ballot drop box, or in-person at the polls on Election Day, having a voting plan helps ensure that you don’t experience any issues when casting your ballot,” said Condos.

“Double voting is incredibly rare, and when it does happen it is caught, investigated and acted on,” a Vermont election official promised today.

Vermonters not yet registered to vote can register online today – or at the DMV or their local city or town clerk’s office.

Town, county and state committees have been naming candidates to appear on the November 8 General Election ballot. Who’s running in your town?

Only 600 Progressives cast ballots in the August 9 primary. However, 102,408 cast Democratic ballots, outpolling the GOP by more than 3-1.

The state’s contractor has been unable to resolve an administrative technology issue impacting the office’s ability to generate reports based on the official return of votes submitted by Town and City Clerks.

Election software problems related to redistricting have postponed today’s scheduled certification of Vermont State Senate primary election results.

“Our vendor has, so far, been unable to correct an issue with a narrow subset of how Senate races are appearing from Election Night Reporting (ENR), as a result of redistricting,” SOS spokesperson Eric Covey said.

A pair of unknown ex-military men walked into the Vermont political arena months ago, and last night walked away with the party nominations for U.S. Senate and Congress.

Vermont election officials explain why they switched memory cards on Dominion vote counting machines before the primary.

Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George is unhappy about statements made by Ted Kenney, a Williston lawyer running against her on a platform of “criminal justice reform and safe streets.” 

“You asked about ballot harvesting, which is not a legal term. I’m guessing you’re asking whether VPIRG collected completed ballots from voters and submitted them for processing in the 2020 election. The answer to that question is no,” Executive Director Paul Burns said.

All Vermont vote tabulating machines are being replaced with new Dominion machines that scan and create an image of each ballot.

The ACLU of Vermont is rallying behind progressive prosecutors promoting “criminal law reform and demands for police accountability.”

Drawing on research provided by the election integrity group True the Vote, “2000 Mules” offers two types of evidence: geotracking and video. 

Just one Republican has declared for one of the newly redistricted Chittenden County Senate seats: Rep. Leland Morgan, a Milton/Grand Isle representative seeking the newly created Chittenden North seat.

42 Vermont legislators, including 9 House committee chairs, won’t be seeking re-election to their current seats.

Ann Pugh, the longtime Vermont House committee chair responsible for abortion and end-of-life legislation is the latest to announce she’s not running for re-election.

112 Vermont communities received Zuckerbucks for local elections in 2020.