WINOOSKI, Vt. (WCAX) - Vermont state lawmakers are seeking to enshrine the federal Voting Rights Act into state law while the Trump administration seeks to curb mail-in voting and require proof of citizenship to vote.

Vermont Democratic lawmakers are pushing new legislation they say is aimed at preserving and expanding access to the ballot box, announcing plans for a state-level Voting Rights Act amid growing concern over actions at the federal level.

Alongside her six-member cabinet, Highgate Elementary fifth grader Rosyln Fortin was inaugurated Monday as Vermont’s first kid governor.

Vermont’s General Assembly will meet for a joint session on February 19 th to vote for the state’s next leader of the Army and Air National Guard.