Betty Keller, League of Women Voters, provides an update on S. 32, a bill aiming to implement Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in Presidential Primaries in Vermont. This is your chance to learn more about ranked choice voting, a voting reform method that could be the future of how we vote in Vermont. S.32 passed the… Read More »Update on S.32, the bill to establish Ranked Choice Voting in Vermont (online meeting)
Tuesday, May 9, 9:05 AM EDT WGDR Central Vermont Community Radio, WGDR 91.1 FM; WGDH 91.7 FM Radio program: Gathering Peace How does Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) reduce negative campaigning and partisan polarization? Producer and host Joseph Gainza will interview LWV of Vermont member Dr. Betty Keller about the Ranked Choice Voting bill in the Vermont Legislature… Read More »Radio Interview: How does Ranked Choice Voting Reduce Negative Campaigning and Partisan Polarization?
May 9th afternoon in Barre, Vermont at 1 pm. Ranked Choice Voting is being considered this year. Learn more about how your second (or third) choice candidate could get your vote when your first choice candidate is out of the running. We'll also be doing a fun in-person demonstration of counting paper ballots in a… Read More »Learn more about Ranked Choice Voting by Tallying a Mock Election in Barre
June 24 @ 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EDT LWVVT 58TH CONVENTION Vermont History Museum, Snelling Room, Montpelier Every two years, the League of Women Voters of Vermont hosts a convention where members gather to elect a slate of officers and directors, adopt studies and a budget, act on governance proposals like bylaws changes, and learn about the… Read More »LWVVT 58TH CONVENTION
Wednesday, September 6 | 11 a.m. | Burlington Courthouse U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) host a judicial ceremony for individuals to take the Oath of Allegiance and become American citizens. The League of Women Voters of Vermont registers new citizens to vote following the ceremony.
Friday, September 15 | 11 a.m. | Rutland Courthouse U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) host a judicial ceremony for individuals to take the Oath of Allegiance and become American citizens. The League of Women Voters of Vermont registers new citizens to vote following the ceremony.
Wednesday, October 18 | 11 a.m. | Burlington Courthouse U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) host a judicial ceremony for individuals to take the Oath of Allegiance and become American citizens. The League of Women Voters of Vermont registers new citizens to vote following the ceremony.
Is Vermont’s health care system serving you and your family well? Are you able to receive and afford the care you need? What kinds of medical care do you want to see more of in your community? What changes to the health care system would benefit our state? The Green Mountain Care Board is holding… Read More »COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS: HEALTH CARE SUSTAINABILITY
Wednesday, November 1 | 11 a.m. | Burlington Courthouse U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) host a judicial ceremony for individuals to take the Oath of Allegiance and become American citizens. The League of Women Voters of Vermont registers new citizens to vote following the ceremony.
Tuesday, November 7, 2023, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., Eastern Time, Zoom The Vermont State Ethics Commission listening sessions seeks to receive public comments, recommendations, and suggestions regarding municipal ethics in Vermont. This will help inform the Commission’s development of a proposed municipal ethics framework pursuant to H.125 (Act 53), which requires the Commission to submit… Read More »VERMONT STATE ETHICS COMMISSION MUNICIPAL ETHICS LISTENING SESSION
Wednesday, November 8 | 7 p.m. | Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street, Montpelier. Free. In person and livestreaming at www.orcamedia.net. Tim Jerman replaces originally scheduled speaker, Christopher Pearson. Tim worked with Rep. Pearson to pass the National Popular Vote in the House and Senate. He will talk about National Popular Vote, a state-based effort to… Read More »ELECTORAL COLLEGE & NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE
Thursday, November 9, 2023 | 7 p.m. | Zoom. Member Event Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZclce6qrjwpGdFFoZ64nA7faGjqTMl9x-So At the state convention in June, members voted to conduct a study to determine if health care should be included as a public good to be provided by the public sector. Members of the Health Care Privatization Study Committee studied the issue… Read More »CONSENSUS MEETING: SHOULD HEALTH CARE BE INCLUDED AS A PUBLIC GOOD?