{"id":556940,"date":"2021-06-08T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T17:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556940"},"modified":"2021-06-08T13:36:32","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T17:36:32","slug":"vermonts-republican-governor-signs-legislation-expanding-mail-in-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vermonts-republican-governor-signs-legislation-expanding-mail-in-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Vermont\u2019s Republican Governor Signs Legislation Expanding Mail-In Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fvermonts-republican-governor-signs-legislation-expanding-mail-in-voting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=556940&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill Monday requiring all registered voters in the state to receive mail-in ballots, breaking from GOP leaders in other states that have restricted the measure.<\/p>\n<p>The bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.vermont.gov\/bill\/status\/2022\/S.15\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">S.15<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/vtdigger.org\/2021\/05\/11\/house-approves-permanent-vote-by-mail-expansion-for-general-elections\/\">sailed<\/a> through Vermont\u2019s legislature, and made permanent expansions that were first adopted to accommodate voting amid the coronavirus pandemic, Vermont Digger reported. It also allows voters to correct a ballot that poll workers deemed ineligible if it was filled out or mailed incorrectly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe making sure voting is easy and accessible, and increasing voter participation is important,\u201d Scott said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/governor.vermont.gov\/press-release\/action-taken-governor-phil-scott-legislation-june-7-2021\">statement<\/a> Monday. He also asked the legislature to expand the bill\u2019s provisions to primary and local elections and school budget votes in order to facilitate higher voter turnout.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2020 presidential election, over 73% of the state\u2019s registered voters casted a ballot, and of those over three-quarters did so by mail, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/sos.vermont.gov\/media\/zgslplnf\/voterturnout-4.pdf\">statistics<\/a> from the Vermont secretary of state\u2019s office. The state <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/1184621\/presidential-election-voter-turnout-rate-state\/\">ranked ninth<\/a> among overall turnout.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/vermontbiz.com\/news\/2021\/february\/23\/poll-two-thirds-vermont-voters-support-making-mailed-ballots-permanent\">poll<\/a> conducted by Lincoln Park Strategies found the measure to be overwhelmingly popular in the state, with 68% of voters favoring the expansions and just 29% opposing them. Nearly 80% of voters supported allowing voters to \u201ccure\u201d ballots with small errors. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2020\/11\/12\/cybersecurity-infrastructure-agency-donald-trump-bryan-ware-christopher-krebs\/\">(RELATED: Cybersecurity And Infrastructure Security Agency Calls 2020 Election \u2018Most Secure In American History\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7038887\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"33\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7038887\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7038887\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229333247-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bins of mail-in ballots await distribution at the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorders' mail-in ballot processing center on Oct. 28. (Robyn Beck\/AFP via Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229333247-scaled-1.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-1229333247-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229333247-620x413-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229333247-768x512-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229333247-1536x1024-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229333247-2048x1365-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7038887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bins of mail-in ballots await distribution at the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorders\u2019 mail-in ballot processing center on Oct. 28. (Robyn Beck\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though Scott is a Republican, he is a moderate from an overwhelmingly-Democratic state, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.burlingtonfreepress.com\/story\/news\/2020\/11\/03\/vermont-election-gov-phil-scott-votes-biden-trump\/6150471002\/\">told reporters<\/a> that he voted for President Joe Biden, marking the first time he voted against his own party.<\/p>\n<p>The bill is unlike those in other Republican-controlled states like <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/06\/ron-desantis-election-laws-elections-2020-florida\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida<\/a>, Georgia and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/02\/elections-2020-texas-voting-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Texas<\/a> that limit mail-in voting and alter other forms of voting within them. While Republicans have argued that the bills are necessary to protect against possible voter fraud, Democrats have countered that they will make it harder for people to vote \u2014 especially voters in urban areas and voters of color \u2014 and that voter fraud is incredibly rare.<\/p>\n<p>The only other Republican-dominated state to adopt voting expansions since the election is Kentucky, where Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear signed a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/04\/08\/bipartisan-bill-early-absentee-voting-kentucky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">bipartisan bill<\/a> establishing three days of early voting, multiple voting centers and an online portal where voters can register and request ballots.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill Monday requiring all registered voters in the state to receive mail-in ballots, breaking from GOP leaders in other states that have restricted &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2279625,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229333247-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Vermont\u2019s Republican Governor Signs Legislation Expanding Mail-In Voting","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-556940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-1229333247-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Vermont\u2019s Republican Governor Signs Legislation Expanding Mail-In Voting","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2279625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}