An act relating to civil investigations of election law violations
Read first time and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs
Summary
The measure gives Vermont’s Attorney General and State’s Attorneys clearer authority to launch civil investigations into alleged election misconduct, campaign finance breaches, and lobbying violations. It lets them issue investigative demands, take sworn depositions, and compel information. The law also obligates the investigating office to publish aggregate data about these probes in a report to the Secretary of State.
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