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The high drama might be over for a while, but pension reform remains a high priority in the Legislature.
This week, the House Government Operations Committee is considering a new draft proposal to expand the membership of the Vermont Pension Investment Committee (VPIC) and establish a task force to study possible solutions to the stateâs thorny unfunded pension liability problem.
This is the other shoe from House leadershipâs decision two weeks ago, under pressure from state employee unions, to focus on governance now and study the solutions to unfunded liability over the summer. The unions had widely panned the initial proposal for reform as forcing them to work longer, pay more, and get less.
Nation has Georgia on its mind, but many states are making voting easier
There have been efforts by states such as Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Vermont and Virginia to expand voting by mail, early voting and voter registration. In Kentucky, which did not have early voting before the pandemic, the Republican-controlled legislature passed a bipartisan measure that will establish a three-day early voting period.
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Ballots collected from drop boxes in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. [ AMY DAVIS / BALTIMORE SUN | The Baltimore Sun ]
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During the waning days of the presidential election, Vermont Democratic state Sen. Cheryl Hooker got a desperate call from one of her constituents: The woman said she had forgotten to sign her name on the absentee ballot, it had been rejected by the town clerk, and she couldnât fix it.
By Matt Vasilogambros
Apr 08, 2021
During the waning days of the presidential election, Vermont Democratic state Sen. Cheryl Hooker got a desperate call from one of her constituents: The woman said she had forgotten to sign her name on the absentee ballot, it had been rejected by the town clerk and she couldn’t fix it.
This was a familiar story around the country, as the pandemic forced voters and election administrators to take a crash course in mail-in voting.
“People make mistakes,” said Hooker, who couldn’t help her constituent at the time. “They don’t sign the outside envelope, or they forget to put their name on it. Their vote would not count.”
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Nation Has Georgia on Its Mind, but Many States Are Making Voting Easier
A voter in Louisville, Kentucky, votes during November’s presidential election. Kentucky enacted a law this week that adds three days of early voting.
Darron Cummings
The Associated Press
During the waning days of the presidential election, Vermont Democratic state Sen. Cheryl Hooker got a desperate call from one of her constituents: The woman said she had forgotten to sign her name on the absentee ballot, it had been rejected by the town clerk and she couldn’t fix it.
This was a familiar story around the country, as the pandemic forced voters and election administrators to take a crash course in mail-in voting.
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