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Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Vermont Voter Portal will put registration, voter information in one place
MONTPELIER, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – Both voters and town clerks will have a more convenient time next Election Day. Vermont's Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas on Tuesday invited Vermonters to visit the new 'Vermont Voter Portal' at The new website allows eligible Vermonters to register to vote, find their polling place, request an absentee ballot, get a list of their elected officials, or see which past elections they voted in – all in one place. Amy Pear, town clerk for Maidstone in Essex County said, 'This part of our job definitely just got a little bit easier. I'm excited to share the Vermont Voter Portal with my residents… the voters' experience itself is also getting a big upgrade.' Vermont exempts some home kitchen businesses from licensing fees Previously, Vermonters needed to go to separate websites to register and to view their election information. Copeland Hanzas is also excited about upgrades to Vermont's Election Management System (VEMS). This system isn't something most voters will use, but it's the software that clerks and the Secretary of State's office will use to report, process, and certify election results. Vermont Gov. Phil Scott signs $9.1 billion FY26 state budget 'When it comes to technology, it's crucial to stay up to date. One of my main priorities when I took office in 2023 was to renovate our online systems throughout the office,' said Copeland Hanzas. 'Our Elections Division has been taking advantage of the 'off season' to work tirelessly on this overhaul, so that we can be ready for the upcoming election cycles.' Election night results will remain available at Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
CBS News
13-02-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
Tina Peters, former Colorado county clerk, requests release on bond during convictions appeal
Tina Peters, the former Mesa County clerk and recorder, is demanding her release from jail as she challenges her election interference convictions. Amid this new action, she's citing major health concerns as part of her demand for release as she awaits the response to her appeal. On Feb. 7, court records show Peters, 69, filed her new application with the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. Peters was originally convicted in August 2024 on charges related to election interference crimes in Mesa County while she was clerk during the 2020 general election and sentenced in October. According to the application, in part, Peters, "is monitored for recurrence of her lung cancer, and suffers from fibromyalgia. Since she has been incarcerated, her health has deteriorated. As her pastor has observed, her physical vigor and cognitive function has declined. She is pale, has lost weight, and has difficulties with memory and word-finding." Peters was sentenced to a total of 9 years of incarceration between Larimer County Jail and the Colorado Department of Corrections. Peters is currently serving a 6-month sentence at the jail for misdemeanors ahead of the 8.5 years she was sentenced to for the felony convictions she received. Peters and her legal counsel have already filed an appeal for all her convictions in the Colorado Court of Appeals and are awaiting action. In the application, Peters and her counsel point blame at the Colorado Secretary of State's Office for actions that led, in part, to her incarceration. Peters accused the Secretary of State's Office of directing the former Mesa County clerk and recorder to essentially erase election records by performing a software upgrade. Based on claims against the Secretary of State's Office, Peters asserts in the court document, "...her federal duty to preserve these records by making forensic images of the Election Management System (EMS) server hard drive resulted in three detailed reports prepared by cybersecurity experts she submitted to the Board of County Commissioners, district attorney, and county attorney explaining the illegal features of the County's computerized election system." Those accusations aside, Peters' key claim and demand in the new application is her release on bond. According to the court documentation, "This Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus does not concern the merits of those convictions but challenges the refusal of the Colorado Court of Appeals and the District Court of Mesa County to grant her bail pending appellate review of them."
