Bruce Parker is the managing editor and a reporter for Watchdog.org. His stories have been featured at FoxNews.com, Bloomberg, Politico, The Daily Caller, the Washington Times, Human Events and Thomson, among other outlets. He can be reached at bparker@watchdog.org.

Pressure from migrant groups eroding Vermont DMV collaboration with ICE

By   /  November 18, 2016  /  Immigration, Issues, Vermont  /  No Comments

The Vermont Department of Motor Vehicles is changing how it investigates driver’s license fraud, but changes aimed at appeasing migrant justice groups could make it harder to bust criminals.

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Vermont election mostly smooth, but voting machine glitches reported

By   /  November 8, 2016  /  Issues, News, Politics & Elections, Vermont, Voter Fraud  /  No Comments

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Vermont election officials reported a mostly smooth election on Tuesday, but acknowledged at least a dozen complaints from city and town clerks regarding vote counting machines.

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Candidates hang out on busy Burlington street to woo voters

By   /  November 4, 2016  /  Issues, News, Politics & Elections, Vermont  /  No Comments

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With only days left until the election, Republican candidates for governor and lieutenant governor waved at motorists along a busy street in South Burlington, hoping the friendly gesture might win over even a few of the area’s liberal-leaning voters.

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Vermont elections chief sending mixed signals about election security

By   /  November 4, 2016  /  Issues, News, Politics & Elections, Vermont, Voter Fraud  /  No Comments

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State and federal officials are showing unprecedented concern about the potential for hacked elections in Vermont and elsewhere ahead of the presidential election.

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Vermont secretary of state blasts wind developer’s proposed payments to voters

By   /  October 28, 2016  /  Energy and Environment, News, Politics & Elections, Vermont  /  No Comments

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Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos said Thursday that Iberdrola’s financial incentive to registered voters is “pushing the envelope in an attempt to influence the vote” on a 24-turbine wind project proposed for Windham and Grafton.

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Different sampling produces different results in Vermont polls

By   /  October 28, 2016  /  Issues, News, Politics & Elections, Vermont  /  No Comments

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Two new polls on the Vermont governor’s race show vastly different results, and the difference may be owed to how many Democrats were surveyed.

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