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Joint canvassing committee certifies 2024 statewide results; lieutenant governor race heads to joint assembly
Summary
The Vermont Legislature's joint canvassing committee adopted the secretary of state's canvass of statewide election returns on Jan. 8, 2024. The committee found the lieutenant governor race did not produce a 50%+1 winner and scheduled a joint assembly on Jan. 9 to elect the office.
Senator Ruth Hardy, co-chair of the joint canvassing committee, called the committee to order Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2024, and the committee adopted the secretary of state's canvass of the 2024 statewide election returns.
The canvass report, prepared by the Office of the Secretary of State, was presented to the committee by Secretary of State Sarah Copeland-Hanzas. "This is the final or next to last step in the process of finalizing the results of the 2024 election," Copeland-Hanzas said, noting that the governor, lieutenant governor and treasurer each must receive "50% plus 1" to win outright under the state constitution.
That requirement is why the…
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