It’s
easy for the typical Granite Stater to forget how small New Hampshire is, especially during a
presidential election year. Every four years, the state’s political importance
gets inflated by the proudly-touted First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primary.
Election day is finally here. State
officials are expecting a strong voter turnout that will determine the outcome
of numerous local, state and federal races.
With a sitting U.S. senator, congressman, governor, lieutenant governor,
attorney general and secretary of state all heavily favored to win re-election,
it looks to be a good year for incumbents in Vermont.
Voters in Vermont’s largest city will decide on Tuesday whether to
support a $9 million fiscal stability bond. Burlington Mayor
Miro Weinberger has proposed the ballot item to essentially refinance the
city’s debt, but the new mayor is seeing some new opposition from a
conservative super PAC.
For
many recreational riders of all terrain vehicles, the season is winding down.
But a controversy is revving up in Barnet, among other towns, about whether to
continue to let ATVs use some town roads.
There’s just one day to go before voters in Vermont head to the polls, but we
may not know the outcome of some very close races the day after the election. That’s
because Vermont has extended the deadline
for military and overseas voters to return their absentee ballots.
Our reporters’ roundtable looks at the people and
issues in all the statewide races and discusses the impact that Super PAC
money has had in this campaign.
President
Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, are both
returning to New Hampshire for last-minute campaign visits in the
battleground
state.