Secretary of State Jim Condos wants Vermonters to know that the universal vote-by-mail program is all about voter access and health care safety. He says “non-partisan studies have shown repeatedly that widespread voter fraud, including by-mail, just doesn’t happen.” Apparently he hasn’t seen the weekend’s headlines from New Jersey.

Instead of backing two Vermont State Senators for lieutenant governor, former Senate Pro Tem and Gov. Peter Shumlin has endorsed assistant attorney general Molly Gray - granddaughter of his former babysitter.

Mollie Gray - assistant AG who wants to be lieutenant governor - says Vermont should spend less money incarcerating people and more money providing childcare.

The majority of the Vermont House of Representatives voted yesterday against an amendment to the universal voting-by-mail bill that would have set fines and required investigations of any voter fraud that occurs in the 2020 General Election. The bill is up for a final vote later this week.

Winooski, Milton and Manchester voters will have the opportunity to vote for openly transgender candidates running for the Vermont House.

An outspoken Northeast Kingdom senator missed the primary registration deadline. Will John Rodgers seek re-election in November?

A 2018 Republican candidate for governor is running as an independent in bluer-than-blue Windsor County.

A former Vermont state senator famous for her budget acumen, Republican Carolyn Branagan, announced on Facebook over the weekend that she will challenge incumbent treasurer and Democrat Beth Pearce.

About half of the 28 town clerks who responded to a Chronicle of the Vermont State House survey report they have misgivings about Secretary of State Jim Condos’ plan to mail ballots to every registered voter in Vermont. Many say there’s no way to detect potential fraud. Tomorrow, the Vermont Senate considers a bill that will push Phil Scott out of the decision-making arena for how the 2020 election is conducted.

The Barre travel agency owner who narrowly lost the governor’s race to Peter Shumlin in 2014 has joined a crowded field of Republicans seeking the lieutenant governor nomination.