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Secretary of State lays out elections operations, new voting and reporting systems to go live this year
Summary
Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Hibbert briefed the House Committee on Government Operations & Military Affairs on the Elections Division’s role, staffing, federal and state authorities, and planned new systems including a new election management system slated to go live after town meeting in April.
Deputy Secretary of State Lauren Hibbert told the House Committee on Government Operations & Military Affairs that the Elections Division’s core job is to “preserve the integrity of campaigns and elections” while supporting local clerks who administer Vermont’s elections.
Hibbert said the Secretary of State’s office has about 84 total staff and that the Elections Division itself is a staff of six. She described three major technical projects: a new election management system scheduled to go live at the end of April after town meeting; a campaign finance system that launched Jan. 6; and a new lobbying system that launched Jan. 2.…
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