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Vermont towns scramble to make Town Meeting plans Modified: 2/1/2021 7:43:46 PM MONTPELIER — Vermont electoral officials agree: The COVID-19 pandemic will significantly upend this year’s traditional March Town Meeting season. They just can’t sum up how yet. “We know of a few towns that have said they’re going to change their date or move to Australian ballot,” said Secretary of State Jim Condos. “But everybody at this point is kind of playing it by ear.” In a typical year, Verm...

Two weeks after president Donald Trumps lies about a rigged election culminated in a deadly insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Vermonts own pied piper of voter fraud, Ethan Allen Institute president Rob Roper, was still at it, trying to foment fears of rampant election crimes in the Green Mountains. "Town clerks shed light on election fraud in Vermont," read the headline on Ropers piece last week in True North Reports, an online publication devoted to conservative fever dream...

Despite pandemic, some Town Meeting sessions remain in-person, indoors Modified: 1/13/2021 2:44:48 PM LEBANON — Logistical and legal hurdles surrounding Town Meeting procedures have led at least two Upper Valley communities to schedule in-person sessions this month, despite calls from public health officials to avoid large gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Lebanon School District and the town of Grafton both plan to hold indoor deliberative sessions — where voters can debate and ...