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Exit Voices in Seven Days

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:06:57 +0000

Seven Days’ political columnist and blogger Peter Freyne is taking the week off, so Exit Voices has been featured in Peter’s normal spot in the paper. Here’s the link. Thank you Seven Days, for supporting democratized media!

EV Video 013 - Ward 2 round-up!

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:00:24 +0000

Here are some more voices of Vermont voters exiting their polling places…

Note: this will be the last video post for tonight. We have loads more to share though, so stay tuned to Exit Voices in the coming days and we’ll continue to share videos from Town Meeting day and report on Vermont political perspectives through to November. As always, the floor is yours…

Town Meeting Day Open Thread #1

admin — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 06:50:16 +0000

In the comments section below, please answer these two questions:

1. What motivates you to go to your town meeting or polling station and vote?

2. If you could add a comment on your Ballot for your elected officials to read, what would you say?

Alternately, tell us what you said at your Town Meeting, why you refused to vote, or what makes you crazy about our system of democracy.

If you are confused or don’t know how to leave a comment or see other comments, click here.

Please note: this post will remain at the top of Exit Voices all day on Tuesday March 4th. We will be adding new content throughout the day. These new posts will appear directly beneath this post. Keep checking back and keep commenting!

Be sure to watch CCTV channel 17 tonight for all the election night coverage, including your comments from Exit Voices! A live stream of the broadcast is available here. (Real Media stream)

EV Video 012

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:30:49 +0000

Here are some more voices of Vermont voters exiting their polling places…

EV Video 011

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:00:39 +0000

Here are some more voices of Vermont voters exiting their polling places…

EV Video 010

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:30:18 +0000

Here are some more voices of Vermont voters exiting their polling places…

EV Video 009

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 03:00:09 +0000

Here are some more voices of Vermont voters exiting their polling places…

EV Video 008

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:30:09 +0000

Here are some more voices of Vermont voters exiting their polling places…

EV Video 007

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:00:54 +0000

Here are some more voices of Vermont voters exiting their polling places…

Vermonters Writing About TMD

admin — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:55:18 +0000

Here’s a quick rundown of some of the TMD action around the Vermont blogosphere…

Vermont View is doing a great job, featuring several posts today about political hapenings around the state, including piece on the Brattleboro indictment vote, electioneering Montpelier style, and the apparent Obama blowout here in Vermont.
Broadsides features an essay about how the power of Town Meetings in Vermont has been curtailed over the years yielding a process that has few teeth when it comes to statewide politics.
Green Mountain Daily is featuring some thoughtful thoughs and speculations about today’s results.
iBrattleboro’s got Brattleboro Town Meeting pictures!
Front Porch Forum may be the busiest online forum in the state when it comes to Vermonters discussing issues and candidates with each other. According to FPF founder and moderator Michael Wood Lewis, 150 different people have posted messages to the forum recently about the Moran Plant question in Burlington alone! Too bad those posts aren’t permalinked anywhere. That would be a valuable resource and a fascinating archive of this election cycle.
Walter Jeffries has a post at Sugar Mountain Farm about the absurdity of voter ID systems in West Topsham, Vermont.

Most of the links under the Vermont Politics list in the right side bar have current posts about this Town Meeting Day and/or Vermont presidential primary. Take a tour through these blogs and let them know you stopped by!