Senate advances Vermont Voting Rights Act after lengthy floor review; roll call orders third reading (28–0)

The Senate heard a detailed second-reading report on S298, the Vermont Voting Rights Act, which the Government Operations Committee trimmed and presented for floor review. The bill creates state-level prohibitions on vote denial and vote dilution, defines protected classes and municipalities for enforcement purposes, authorizes the attorney general to seek civil remedies, and adds civil and criminal sanctions for interference, intimidation and communicating false information to eligible voters.