Noncitizen residents may continue to vote in municipal elections in Vermont’s capital city of Montpelier, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday, stating that such voting in local elections doesn’t violate the state constitution. Non-citizens may also vote in state elections.
Noncitizen Voting in Vermont
- In 2021, the Democrat-controlled Vermont Legislature approved two separate bills to change the municipal charters of Montpelier and Winooski, the most diverse community in the state, to allow legal residents who are not U.S. citizens to vote in local elections.
- Republican Gov. Phil Scott vetoed the measures, but the Legislature overrode his vetoes.
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