On March 18, the Vermont omnibus election law bill was amended to delete a provision that would have made it more difficult for parties to nominate candidates.  The original bill abolished the ability of a party that has its own primary to nominate someone by party meeting after the primary, in case no one had won that party’s primary for that office.  But the amended bill no longer has that provision.  The Vermont Progressive Party worked to bring about this outcome.  The bill is HB 477.