Mail-In Voting

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, this week joined the entire Senate Democratic Caucus, led by Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), and Senate Democratic…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee,joined U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate Rules and Administration Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and…

Vermont officials are pushing back on a threat from President Donald Trump to do away with mail-in ballots and “voting machines.” On Monday, Trump, a Republican, posted to his Truth Social account, “I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,…

BURLINGTON, VT—U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), a member of the Senate Rules Committee, today released the following statement in response to President Trump’s threat to end mail-in voting and the use of voting machines ahead of the 2026 elections:  “Since losing in 2020, President Trump…