Vermont
Immigrant Voting Rights Campaigns
Burlington: After nearly passing a ballot measure to restore immigrant voting rights in Burlington in 2014, a majority of voters did so in 2023.
Montpelier put a proposal on the 2018 ballot and voters approved it by 2,857 to 1,488. The measure allows noncitizens who are legal residents to vote in city elections.
The Vermont House approved Monteplier’s amended charter 103-39 on March 10, 2021 and Winooski’s amended charter 99-44 on April 1, 2021. Governor Phil Scott (R) vetoed both measures, blocking Monteplier’s and Winooski’s local measures, but legislators in the House overrode the Governor’s veto on June 23, 2021, and the Senate soon followed suit, clearing the path for these localities to implement their local laws.
The Winooski City Council voted against a noncitizen voting ballot proposition in 2018 but then passed it in 2020 .
How is immigrant voting working out in Vermont? Listen to Podcast here to find out.
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