Select an issue concerning voting rights or practices and briefly tell us your thoughts about it. As a newly registered voter and self-described activist, I… Read More »2022 ESSAY BY SARAH ELIZABETH EVANS, STOWE MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
Select an issue concerning voting rights or practices and briefly tell us your thoughts about it. “I distrust those people who know so well what… Read More »2022 ESSAY BY BETHANY DAVIS, HARTFORD HIGH SCHOOL
Candidate Forum for house of representatives – focus on women & families This candidate forum will focus on issues that affect women and families. With… Read More »Candidate Forum for House of Representatives -Focus on Women and Families
Secretary of State Candidate Forum Meet the candidates for Secretary of State on Wednesday, June 22nd, 7pm, at the Athenaeum in St. Johnsbury. Three candidates… Read More »Secretary of State Candidate Forum
MEET CASTLETON’S CANDIDATES (View as PDF) Updated 2/23/2022 with corrections to typos Questions developed by local members of the League of Women Voters* of Vermont… Read More »Meet Castleton’s Candidates 2022
Without equal voting rights, our democracy is nothing. A democracy is supposed to represent all people, and this representation happens through the act of voting.… Read More »2021 Essay by Bella Thayer, Missisquoi Valley Union High School
It is written in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal.” However, when the Declaration of Independence was written, this phrase was… Read More »2021 Essay by Grace Coolidge, Otter Valley Union High School
Voting is an important and very essential part of forming a democracy. For a very long time, voting rights were very restricted to certain people.… Read More »2021 Essay by Meghan Cole, Burr and Burton Academy
Our first meeting left me feeling scared, confused, and doubtful. As the youngest member of the Winooski Charter Commission and the only person of color,… Read More »2021 Essay by Hussein Amuri, Winooski High School
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