Recount Overturns Vermont State Auditor's Race!

Written by: Wendy Patterson on Dec 21, 2006 4:00 PM EST

Well, it's official! The AP reports that Washington Superior Court Judge Mary Miles Teachout declared Democrat Thomas M. Salmon the winner over Auditor Randy Brock today.The recount apparently corrected some errors that were made when a number of votes were mistakenly assigned to  Levy.

I have spent many many weekends helping people to register to vote and heard may times the comment, "What difference does my vote make?"

 With this possibly being the closest  statewide race in Vermont history, it couldn't be more clear that every vote does indeed matter. I was one of many who helped with the recount in Chittenden County so I know that each vote not only counted, but it was counted, recounted, checked and double checked! There are many many races that are won by very slim margins. Your vote does count and so does each vote of all of those people that YOU help get registered!

 According to Secretary of State Deb Markowitz, 64% of eligible Vermonters turned out for the last presidential election. This means 150,000 eligible Vermonters did not vote. Despite the relatively strong turnout of 53.5 percent for this mid-term election, that means that 46.5% of Vermonters eligible to vote did not show up!

Let's make it a point to engage with our neighbors, join into discussions of the issues, and also to assure that even more Vermonters are registered to vote in the first place.

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