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MONTPELIER — First it was U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., last November. Then it was U.S. Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt., the next week. Next, it was Lt. Gov. Molly Gray in December and Secretary of State Jim Condos in February. And finally, in a flurry of...
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Rooks: Fusion voting challenges parties to deliver Douglas Rooks Last week, I outlined the limits of the open primary and ranked-choice voting in reforming our electoral system. Now, I’ll present an alternative that would achieve the goals of these better-known measures, while reinvigorating our moribund political parties – an equally vital task. It’s called fusion voting. To my knowledge, only one state – Vermont – has ever used the system fully, and it was abandoned long ago. Yet chronic discontent with our political parties, in Maine and the nation – and frustration over govern...
Douglas Rooks: Fusion voting challenges parties to deliver By Douglas Rooks Share Open primaries and ranked-choice voting offer reforms for our electoral system, but they have their limits. There’s an alternative that would achieve the goals of these better-known measures, while reinvigorating our moribund political parties — an equally vital task. It’s called fusion voting. To my knowledge, only one state — Vermont — has ever used the system fully, and it was abandoned long ago. Yet chronic discontent with our political parties, in Maine and the nation — and frustration over gov...
Courtesy Of Riehle Family Governor Phil Hoff signing the billboard bill into law. Ted Riehle is standing on the right. Then-representative Tom Salmon, House minority leader, is standing on the left. If you've lived or traveled outside of Vermont, you've surely seen plenty of billboards. These giant signs appear in red states and blue states alike, towering over farm fields and assailing passersby from atop skyscrapers. Today they're often digital ...