Public accountability
Vermont
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Check the promisesEvidence before opinion. The same standard for everyone. OPEN REGISTERReview cutoff · Transition and time in office · tracking with sources
01 / THE CITIZEN REGISTER
Choose whom to hold accountable.
The original promise always stays on record.
Results must back it up.
History of Peter Shumlin
Biographies and documented commitments from earlier terms.
Governor · 2014
Peter Shumlin
DemocratDocumented commitments and outcomes from the previous term.
- Tracked
- 2
- Fulfilled
- 0
- With progress
- 0
- Not achieved
- 2
- Awaiting assessment
- 0
2 of 2 commitments
Single-payer health system
What they pledged
Move Vermont to a single-payer health care system.
Shumlin’s press conference after the 2014 voteWhat has been verified
In December 2014, Shumlin dropped the plan from his legislative agenda, citing cost and financing difficulties. The system did not take effect during his term.
Vermont Public: announcement that the plan would not proceedRegulated cannabis legalization
What they pledged
Pass a law legalizing and regulating an adult-use cannabis market, with safeguards to limit access by minors.
Transcript of Shumlin’s final State of the State addressWhat has been verified
The Senate passed S.241, but the House rejected the legalization proposal in May 2016. Shumlin finished his term without signing such a law.
Associated Press: Vermont House vote02 / THE START OF THE TERM
The first
100 days.
An evaluation window. Each commitment keeps the timing published in its source.
Day one is the day the official begins the term for this office.Peter Shumlin · 2014
Awaiting verificationThe opening agenda is being verified.
A sourced first-100-days plan or specific early commitments for this term are still pending in the register.
03 / THE WORDS STAY ON RECORD
Election
night.
Peter Shumlin · 2014 · Election-night remarks
Election-night remarks are being verified.
A verified recording, transcript or contemporaneous report of the remarks is still pending for this election.
How we assess
Each status reflects the scope of the commitment and the available evidence. An announcement, an approved law, and a result in practice are different milestones. The rating measures the share of fulfilled commitments in this register and changes as more commitments and outcomes are documented.
Official state sources
Capitol photo · John Phelan · CC BY 3.0 · Framing and shading adjusted