House advances voter checklist protections

Donald Trump speaks in New York City in September 2016. WikiMedia Commons
The Vermont House on Thursday advanced legislation protecting personal information contained in the town and state voter checklists, after fears were stoked last year when a federal commission sought to collect it.
The bill, H.624, would bar the state from releasing several types of information on voter checklists kept by city and town clerks and by the secretary of state. A key aim would be to keep the information out the