voting rights
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Letter to the editor: Right-to-vote act is vital
Sen. Leahy and Sen. Sanders must do everything they can to pass the Freedom to Vote Act, including fixing the filibuster, to realize the fair maps for all.
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THT exhibit sheds light on Black voting rights
MIDDLEBURY — Town Hall Theater’s Jackson Galley has for many years showcased works of art that have stirred diverse emotions in those who have seen them.Beginning this past…
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Universal mail-in voting OK’d in Vermont
MONTPELIER — Universal mail-in voting is now a permanent feature of Vermont’s general elections, under legislation that Gov. Phil Scott signed Monday. Now, local officials will be required to mail ballots…
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Editorial: Riding coattails, getting credit
Vermont’s Democratic Party has a bone to pick with the national news media: the national media, party officials allege, are giving Gov. Phil Scott, a Republican, major kudos…
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Editorial: Thanking our lucky stars
Vermont voters should thank their lucky stars they live here and not in Florida, Texas, Arizona and a host of other states where Republican-dominated Legislatures have passed and…
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Eric Davis: Bill would expand voting rights
Last week the Vermont Senate approved, and sent to the House, a bill that would establish vote-by-mail as a regular part of general elections in Vermont. If 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…