Sarah Copeland Hanzas

Released a new campaign finance report on 2024-07-09 listing which 2024 candidates filed reports, filed no-activity reports, or did not file.

July 9, 2024Supports Anti-Corruption

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Launched the new Vermont Voter Portal on 2025-06-03, combining voter registration, ballot tracking and polling place lookup in one online system.

June 3, 2025Supports Government Efficiency

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Scheduled a public audit on 2024-11-27 of 2024 general election results, hand-checking every ballot in seven randomly chosen towns.

November 27, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Launched a webpage and videos with Attorney General Clark on 2024-10-09 warning voters about AI deepfakes and election scams.

October 9, 2024Supports Election Integrity

Source: sos.vermont.gov

As House Government Operations Committee chair, worked with the committee on S.15, the bill that expanded statewide mail-ballot access and ballot-cure procedures.

May 18, 2021Supports Election Integrity

Source: vermontbiz.com

Won dismissal on 2026-09-17 of the U.S. Justice Department's lawsuit against her as Secretary of State. She had refused in 2025 to hand over Vermont's full voter list, including voters' Social Security and driver's license numbers. A federal judge ruled the demand had no legal basis.

September 17, 2026Supports Data Privacy

Source: vtdigger.org

Said on 2025-08-13 that her office had no plans to share Vermont voter data with the federal government, citing state law and states' power to run elections.

August 13, 2025Supports Data Privacy

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Formed a Voting Accessibility Task Force on 2025-11-03 to find and remove barriers that keep eligible Vermonters from voting.

November 3, 2025Supports Civil Rights

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Was lead sponsor of a Vermont bill to update the state's sexual assault laws so that someone too intoxicated by drugs or alcohol cannot legally agree to sex. It became law as Act 68 (House Bill 183).

February 18, 2021Supports Civil Rights

Source: women.vermont.gov

Introduced Vermont's workplace sexual harassment prevention bill, which the governor signed into law in 2018 (H.707, Act 183).

January 25, 2018Supports Civil Rights

Source: women.vermont.gov

As a state representative, voted on 2009-04-07 to override Gov. Jim Douglas's veto of the same-sex marriage bill (S.115). The override passed 100-49, the exact two-thirds needed.

April 7, 2009Supports Civil Rights

Source: legislature.vermont.gov

Welcomed the U.S. Supreme Court's 2026-09-14 ruling blocking new Postal Service mail-voting rules, saying Vermonters can keep voting by mail.

September 15, 2026

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Rejected corporate campaign contributions, Vermont Public reported on 2026-08-27, saying she does not want bigger donors to get more attention from officials.

August 27, 2026

Source: vermontpublic.org

Endorsed by the Vermont AFL-CIO for Secretary of State on 2026-07-27 in the labor federation's first round of 2026 endorsements.

July 27, 2026

Source: vt.aflcio.org

Criticized on 2025-08-18 President Trump's plan to end mail voting and voting machines, calling it baseless and an illegal federal overreach.

August 18, 2025

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Led a bipartisan National Association of Secretaries of State delegation to Taiwan, announced 2025-07-10, meeting with government, business and farm leaders.

July 10, 2025

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Criticized President Trump's March 2025 elections executive order on 2025-03-26, calling it an attempt to disenfranchise many voters and an overreach of federal power.

March 26, 2025

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Released Vermont's first Civic Health Index on 2025-01-15, a report measuring how engaged Vermonters are in civic life.

January 15, 2025

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Won re-election as Vermont Secretary of State in the general election, according to the official Vermont election archive.

November 5, 2024

Source: outside.vermont.gov

Said on 2023-12-21, after Colorado's court removed Donald Trump from its ballot, that her office has no role in judging his eligibility. She kept preparing Vermont's March 2024 primary ballot with all qualified candidates unless a court ordered otherwise.

December 21, 2023

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Published a commentary on 2023-07-25, after the July floods, urging action on climate change and praising Gov. Scott's crisis response.

July 25, 2023

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Urged residential contractors on 2023-03-30 to register with her Office of Professional Regulation under the new law for jobs of $10,000 or more.

March 30, 2023

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Created a new Education and Civic Engagement Coordinator job in the Secretary of State's office on 2023-01-13 to boost civics education and voter engagement.

January 13, 2023

Source: sos.vermont.gov

Won the Vermont Secretary of State general election, according to the official Vermont election archive.

November 8, 2022

Source: electionarchive.vermont.gov

Served as Vermont House majority leader in 2015-2016 and chaired the House Government Operations Committee from 2019, where she oversaw the 2022 redistricting of legislative maps.

April 28, 2022

Source: vtdigger.org

Copeland Hanzas was one of six lead sponsors of Vermont's Global Warming Solutions Act, a law setting required targets for cutting the state's greenhouse-gas pollution (House Bill 688). It created a state climate council to write the plan and let residents sue the state if it misses the targets. The governor vetoed the bill and lawmakers overrode the veto on September 23, 2020 (Act 153).

September 10, 2020

Source: vermontpublic.org

As a state representative, voted for final House passage of H.57, a bill protecting the right to abortion, on 2019-02-21; it passed 105-37. The day before she voted against amendments to limit it.

February 21, 2019

Source: legislature.vermont.gov