Episode 19

Voting rights for 16 & 17 year olds and Town Charters

May 7, 2021 (pre-recorded 5/3): The House has approved a potential charter change that would allow 16 & 17 year olds to vote in local elections. But what are Town Charters and why do they matter in Vermont? Also, Rep. Emilie Kornheiser updates us on what's happening with education funding.

You can also listen to the previous interviews with Brattleboro Town Manager Peter Elwell on local governance and The Pupil Weighting Study with UVM Researcher Tammy Kolbe that Olga and Emilie reference.

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Olga Peters

Producer and host Olga is a journalist by day and a screenwriter by night. On the Montpelier Happy Hour she combines a newshound's doggedness with a fiction writer's sense of "what if...".
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Emilie Kornheiser

Regular contributor Emilie Kornheiser represents Windham District 2-1 in the Vermont House of Representatives (that’s Brattleboro.) She always appreciates an opportunity to unpack the stories that drive us and hopes her gravestone will read “she asked good questions.” You can find more about her and her work in the legislature at emiliekornheiser.org.