Last week, the Legislature overrode Gov. Scott’s vetoes of two bills that will allow non-citizens to vote in local elections in Montpelier and Winooski. Those provisions, changes to the cities’ municipal charters, had already been approved by the voters of Montpelier and Winooski in local referenda. Some readers may wonder why, if local voters had already approved the proposals, they needed to be approved again by lawmakers and the governor.The answer is that, when it comes to the authority of local governm … (read more)
