Our 2024 Election Voter Guide features responses from 70+ candidates running for the Vermont House of Representatives and the Vermont Senate this year. With questions ranging from economic and racial justice to police accountability and criminal legal reform, this resource aims to foster greater transparency and accountability from candidates for office and to empower Vermonters to vote their values on November 5th.
Note: The ACLU is a non-partisan 501c(4) organization, and we neither endorse nor oppose candidates for elected office. The information collected in this survey is for non-partisan voter education.
Our civil rights and civil liberties are on the line this November, which makes it more important than ever that Vermont voters know who is on the ballot and what they plan to do if elected. When it comes to our most basic rights and freedoms, it is critical that we elect leaders to the State House who will take bold action to make Vermont a place where everyone can thrive, no matter what happens in Washington.
By default, the link above is only showing candidates that filled out the survey. Be sure to click on a candidate's name to view their full response to the survey. You may also wish to view a full list of candidates for office with a comparison of their survey responses (or non-responses) sorted by county, linked above.
Candidates were asked to answer the following questions:
As a part of our survey, we also invited candidates to take the Smart Justice Pledge. Smart Justice candidates “support policies that reduce Vermont’s prison population and the racial disparities in our criminal legal system and oppose policies that are likely to increase prison populations and racial disparities in the criminal legal system."