From advancing health care to protecting the environment, voters care about many issues. We promote social and economic justice as well as the health and safety of all Americans to defend democracy.
To protect society from criminal behaviors, while providing services to enable prisoners to become law-abiding citizens, and ensure equal and fair procedural justice for all regardless of age, gender, race, color, creed, or financial status.
Although we continue to agree with the principles of the 1975 position, in specifics it would need a restudy to be brought up to date in light of the legal history of Act 250 in the last 40 years.
The League of Women Voters of Vermont outline a multi-factor approach to effectively solving the problem of solid waste. Many of this postions goals were met in the decade that followed. Rather than revising, we retire in favor of the more general LWVUS (national level) position on solid waste.
The Vermont League of Women Voters, in concurrence with the Leagues of Maine and New Hampshire, believe there are acceptable solutions for disposing of low-level radioactive waste generated in our region. Vermont has since partnered with Texas for radioactive waste disposal.