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In Elections And Town Meetings, How 'Who Gets To Vote' Continues To Change

Underhill residents gather at Town Meeting Day in 2018. "Vermont Edition" looks at how access to voting has changed in Vermont over time and how the question of "who gets to vote" continues to broaden.
Jim Beebe-Woodard
Underhill residents gather at Town Meeting Day in 2018. "Vermont Edition" looks at how access to voting has changed in Vermont over time and how the question of "who gets to vote" continues to broaden.

Town Meeting Day reminds Vermonters of how we vote in our unique form of local democracy, but the question of who gets to vote — in elections and at Town Meetings — continues to change. We're talking about how.

Bert Johnson, a political science professor at Middlebury College, joins Vermont Edition to talk about how enfranchisement in Vermont has changed in ways both similar to and different from the nation as a whole.

Montpelier Mayor Anne Watson shares how the City of Montpelier is moving forward with efforts to let non-citizen residents of the city have limited input on local issues like roads and city spending.

And NHPR reporter Casey McDermott discusses the nearly 60 tweaks to New Hampshire voting laws, from pending bills to new laws to the lawsuits challenging them.

Broadcast live on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

Jane Lindholm is the host, executive producer and creator of But Why: A Podcast For Curious Kids. In addition to her work on our international kids show, she produces special projects for Vermont Public. Until March 2021, she was host and editor of the award-winning Vermont Public program Vermont Edition.
Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.
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