“I see this as a pro-democracy step, moving in the direction of having more voices representative of our community. But there are a lot more questions,”

— committee member Kate Bailey

(from the November 14, 2024 the Other Paper article “South Burlington won’t put noncitizen voting on March ballot”)

The South Burlington Charter Committee told the city council last week that an all-resident voter expansion is too complex to be brought before city voters at this time.

All resident voting would allow all the city’s legal residents, including those who are noncitizens, to vote in local elections and other supplementary school or city votes. The idea was first brought to the city council by the city’s Democratic committee in September with the hopes of having it placed on the ballot next March, but the committee said that’s not possible.

The city council, on a 4-1 vote, passed the resolution charging the charter committee to bring a recommendation back to the council by Nov. 4. But according to the committee, the work is still far from over.

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