Eric Davis
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Local political expert talks possibilities for 2022
MIDDLEBURY — Vermont’s 2020 election results are in, resulting in a little shakeup in the current roster of top state officials. Democrat Molly Gray will succeed Lt. Gov.…
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Eric Davis: Voting will be more complex in March
More than 260,000 Vermonters voted early this year, by returning the absentee ballots they were mailed in late September and early October. With General Election ballots mailed to…
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Eric Davis: Electoral College will mean uncertainty
Many reputable national polls conducted over the past two weeks show former Vice President Joe Biden with a lead of about 10 percent over President Donald Trump. A…
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Eric Davis: Election could affect Sen. Leahy
Sen. Patrick Toomey, a Pennsylvania Republican, announced on Monday that he will not be a candidate for re-election when his term ends in 2022. He also stated that…
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Eric Davis: Trump moves toward court pick
The death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg marks the sixteenth time there has been a vacancy on the Supreme Court in a presidential election year. The vacancy in…
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Eric Davis: Short campaigns favor Scott and Gray
The Vermont Secretary of State’s Office will begin mailing General Election ballots to voters at the end of next week. All active registered voters in Vermont will receive…
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Eric Davis: Old guard faces a legacy candidate
Voters in Massachusetts will cast their ballots in that state’s primary election over the next several days, by mail, at early voting sites, and at the polls next…
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Eric Davis: Presidential election is still a race
With less than three months remaining before Election Day, what do polls tell us about the current state of the presidential campaign? Most high-quality national polls taken within…
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Eric Davis: Make sure your early votes count
With 12 days still to go until Vermont’s Aug. 11 primary election, more voters have requested absentee ballots for the primary than voted both in person and by…
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Eric Davis: Mail-in ballots change campaigning
As of Monday afternoon, almost 82,000 Vermont voters had already requested a mail ballot for the Aug. 11 primary election. With nearly a month to go until the…
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Eric Davis: 2020 is a voting rights opportunity
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson in August of that year, just a few months after the “Bloody Sunday” attack…
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Eric Davis: Vermont is waiting for a woman in Congress
Voters in the state of New Mexico mailed in their ballots, or went to the polls, in a primary election held earlier this month. The winners of both…
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Eric Davis: Court rulings have shielded police
In 1871, the Reconstruction-era Congress passed an act known as the Civil Rights Act. This statute was designed to counteract attacks on the rights of newly freed slaves…
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Eric Davis: Colleges should go online this fall
Should colleges and universities resume in-person, on-campus instruction this fall? Leaders of most higher education institutions say they plan to do so, while adding that their decisions will…
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Eric Davis: Young Vermont candidates get in line
With Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman running for governor, and several members of the Vermont Senate running to replace Zuckerman, there will be multiple open seats available this year…
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Eric Davis: Three senators hold an edge as Biden’s VP
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is starting to vet potential vice presidential candidates. Biden has said that his running mate will be a woman, and that she…