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Below is some helpful information for the November 3rd General Elections.
Absentee Ballots
Absentee ballots for this election will be mailed to all active registered voters between September 21 and October 1. Please make sure to follow the instructions provided with your ballot, including:
• Signing the certificate envelope and ensuring your ballot is inside the certificate envelope.
• Using a black pen to mark your ballot.
Leader of the 2026 Tax Revolt in Vermont, write-in candidate Cris Ericson talks about Federal tax issues on CCTV.org It’s your paycheck these federal taxes are being deducted from! Listen and learn what you can do about it!
HAPPY LABOR DAY! Rejoice! United States Senator Bernie Sanders is going to stop that pesky “a.i.” artificial intelligence from taking your job away from you! Who needs artificial intelligence up there orbiting in satellites when you can send human manpower to the MOON to do the job?
Will U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders new BILL result in the arrest of Elon Musk?
Meet the Dirty Trick who will guarantee the Republican Governor wins another term in VERMONT by taking votes away from the Democrat. PROTEST NOW! Call the Vermont Secretary of State, telephone (802) 828-2363 and tell her that a child has no fiduciary responsibility and therefore should not have his name printed on the election ballot.
It doesn’t matter if there is no law for an age requirement for Governor, the facts are that a child can not do the job because a child has no fiduciary responsibility and criminal enterprises could take advantage of him. Did you ever hear the song, “he’s under 18, he won’t be doing any time”? That’s a criminal gang favorite anthem to getting kids to do the dirty work for adults.
Is Congressperson Becca Balint a Hypocrite? Or just not paying attention? I want U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and U.S. Senator Peter Welch and President Donald Trump and Elon Musk and U.S. Congressperson Becca Balint to PAY ATTENTION RIGHT NOW!
Let’s take a look at this political issue of hypocrisy!
Please see attached for the “official results” for Brattleboro’s State Primary election. These are the results, including write-in votes, from Brattleboro only and not including other towns’ results for the Primary races.
Good evening,
Please see attached for Brattleboro’s Unofficial results for Brattleboro’s State Primary election. These are the results from the ballot tallies, not including write-in votes, and not including other towns’ results for the Primary races. Those names in bold received the most votes in Brattleboro.
I write in response to statements made by Aly Richards, candidate for VT Governor, and Ryan McLaren, candidate for VT Lt. Governor, about the Vermont Defend the Guard Act, during the 7/23 Vermont Public debates, 7/23 and 7/21 respectively. Ms. Richards said “we have to be really strategic together as we are fighting against [the] attack on democracy.” She also said this bill would put a big target on the back of the Vermont National Guard. Mr. McLaren said he’s heard no support for the bill from Guard members.
I agree that we need to be strategic. Part of that strategy is the movement for this act. A letter to Governor Scott and Vermont state legislators is circulating from Vermont National Guard veterans, their family members, and other Vermont veterans of the U.S. military. They request a proper hearing and passage of the Vermont Defend the Guard Act and give their reasons.
Below is some helpful information for the August 11th State Primary Elections.
Absentee Ballots
Absentee ballots for these elections were mailed by request. Please make sure to follow the instructions provided with your ballot, including:
Signing the certificate envelopeand ensuring your ballot/s are insidethe certificate envelope.
Using a black pen to mark your ballot.
As we work to keep open the Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Birthing Center, and our families and neighbors safe, and as we face a governor who has sold out to the White House – Remember how he handed over Vermonters’ sensitive data to the feds? – we need leaders who will stand up for us.
I invite you to join me in voting in the Democratic primary here in Vermont for Amanda Janoo for governor, and Molly Gray for lieutenant governor, on or before Tuesday, August 11. As a member of the Brattleboro Selectboard, I see how our government needs leaders who are willing to speak up for the public. I’m supporting Amanda and Molly because of their bravery and leadership at a pivotal time.
Why hasn’t our Vermont Congressional Delegation, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, U.S. Senator Peter Welch, and U.S. Congressperson Becca Balint taken action to save all of our Hospitals in Vermont?
Why haven’t they?
Why hasn’t our Vermont Congressional Delegation brought more money to Vermont for hospitals and health care programs and other programs like housing? Clearly, $100 million is not enough, and that’s what recent news claims they have brought in for the entire state. Becca Balint tags along with whatever pork Peter Welch and Bernie Sanders generate, but is reliant on them. The reason more money has not been brought into Vemront is that Senator Bernie Sanders and Senator Peter Welch and Congressperson Becca Balint have not worked to repeal the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980, which if repealed, or even amended, could bring a fortune of federal dollars to Vermont. Let’s talk about how that can be done!
The Brattleboro Board of Civil Authority has adopted a new policy governing photography, filming, and recording at polling places during elections.
The policy was approved during the Board’s meeting on July 16, 2026, and is intended to balance transparency in the election process with the need to maintain order at polling places and protect the confidentiality of voters’ choices. The policy was informed by Vermont State statute 17 V.S.A. § 1972.
I hope to win the Progressive party primary for Representative to Congress as a write-in candidate, and join the battle for freedom of speech in Vermont.
The United States of America improves constantly as a Democracy and as a home to all of us! We have lots of reasons to celebrate July 4, 2026!
Thank God This Country Has Changed Life For the Better! Hallelujah! The good has risen some, and its still in the oven baking! Look at all the incredible progress our Country has made since July 4, 1776! The U.S. Bill of Rights was enacted on December 15, 1791.
Now, in my family history, way back in the 1600s, some of my ancestors on my family tree were deprived of their right to practice their chosen religion, and the King took 70% of their possessions and property to punish them because they refused to switch to the King’s choice of religion. They are listed on the Magna Carta Ancestry.
It is an easy mistake to assume Cris Ericson is a Progressive. She claims to be one but has never been a member of the Party and has been disavowed by the Party time and again.
It is a peculiar quirk in Vermont election laws that allows a person to claim and run under any party affiliation they choose as long as there is not another candidate for that party listed. Ericson has been for many years tossing her name in as a Progressive wherever there was not one running. She is not a member of and has no support from the Vermont Progressive Party.
The Progressive party in Vermont has no candidate for U.S. Congress in the August 11, 2026 primary election. Please write-in Cris Ericson for Representative to Congress on the Progressive Party ballot in the primary. The Republicans have two candidates, Gerald Malloy of Weathersfield and Marc Coester of Westminster. The Democrats have one candidate, current incumbent U.S. Congressperson Becca Balint. There are only 3 ballots to choose from when you vote in the Primary election August 11, 2026 in Vermont, Democrat, Republican or Progressive. Independent candidates have more time to collect and file petition signatures for the Nov. 3, 2026 general election.
I have struggled with this subject because I just want to scream that every search on the internet leads me to believe that Data Centers will pollute both our air and water in Vermont.
Last December, U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and U.S. Senator Peter Welch and U.S. Congressperson Becca Balint announced that they nominated a total of 23 young Vermonters to the U.S. Military Academies.
The U.S. Military Academies are four year college degree programs with free tuition, room and board for graduating high school students who qualify.
Now, here’s the question: How many wish they had not applied?
https://dcf.vermont.gov/foster-care-inquiry – check: I would like to get an information packet -fill out: Is there anything else you’d like us to know?
Well, I guess I flunked this online test of the Vermont Dept. of Children and Families because they never sent me the “information packet”. Being honest doesn’t help. I probably started out with something like: “do they come with home heating fuel?” I went on to explain that I have two empty bedrooms upstairs but I am arthritic and if a child falls down, I can’t pick them up. If a child runs into the street, I can’t chase after them.
Brattleboro survived Open Town Meeting.
It looked a lot like a Representative Town meeting, but there were small differences. Attendees were called “Voters” rather than “Representatives.” There was no separate seating for the un-elected. People who just moved to town could participate.
The similarities were numerous. A bit of confusion about Roberts Rules? Check. Exciting explorations down rabbit holes of amendments to amendments. Check. Lasting nearly 10 hours? Check.
