Brennan Center for Justice

Vermont currently has the Election Day Correction component of Voter Registration Modernization in place, in the form of an Election Day failsafe for some voters.

Vermont law now authorizes the use of a sworn affidavit to allow a citizen who claims to have submitted a voter registration form through the Department of Motor Vehicles, a voter registration drive, the town clerk's office, or a social service agency in a timely manner, but whose application has not been received by the town, to be added to the checklist at the polling place on Election Day and vote a regular ballot.

In the past, Vermont has considered the following VRM-related legislation:

• Automated Registration at DMVs. Provides that a person 16 to 18 years old who holds a personal ID card from the DMV be added automatically to the statewide voter checklist as soon as he or she reaches age of eligibility; does not specify whether it is paper or electronic. (H.357)
• Election Day Registration. Provides for Election Day Registration. (H.364)
• Election Day Registration. This bill would establish Election Day Registration. (H. 364)