In the 2020 general election, with no curing process available, nearly 1,500 Vermont voters where disenfranchised when their ballots were deemed defective.Ī powerful coalition of groups and businesses organized in favor of the legislation. A common defect is when a voter fails to sign the inner security envelope when returning a ballot. In addition to making universally mailed ballots a permanent feature of all future general elections, the new law will allow voters to fix or “cure” a ballot if it has been deemed defective by a Clerk after being submitted. Ninety-two percent of Vermonters said that it is important to make voting as easy as possible. Governor signs 10 bills, including insanity defense and mailed ballot actsĪ statewide poll conducted in February by the independent firm Lincoln Park Strategies found that 68 percent of Vermont voters want to keep vote by mail, while just 29 percent oppose it. This is something we can all take pride in, especially given the voter suppression efforts underway in other states.” “This legislation is one big step toward making Vermont the most voter friendly state in the nation.
“More than 9 out of 10 Vermonters support making voting easier,” said Paul Burns, executive director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group. Participation was up in all areas of the state and three out of every four votes were cast early, mostly by mail. Furthermore, voting from home was found to be safe, secure, and overwhelmingly popular. Nearly 45,000 more votes were cast in 2020 than in any previous Vermont election. Mail-in voting contributed to the shattering of voter participation records in Vermont last year. The policy that was put in place as a one-time emergency measure in 2020 during the early days of the pandemic. Vermont Business Magazine Advocacy groups, civic organizations, and businesses hailed a brand-new law, signed by Governor Phil Scott today, requiring ballots to be mailed to all active Vermont voters in general elections moving forward.
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