BRATTLEBORO, Vt., Jan. 28 Officials in Brattleboro, Vt., have decided to allow residents to vote at a town meeting on whether to indict U.S. President Bush for war crimes. The Brattleboro Select Board voted 3-2 to put the measure, which would allow for the indictment and arrest of President George Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for war crimes, perjury or obstruction of justice charges if they ever visit Vermont, on the Town Meeting Day warning, the Rutland (Vt.) Herald reported Monday.
Town Clerk Annette Cappy said residents will vote on the measure using paper ballots at the March 4 meeting.
Critics of the measure have questioned whether the town actually has the power to enforce an affirmative outcome of the vote.
Kurt Daims, who organized the petition drive to have the measure considered, claims Bush and Cheney committed perjury by lying to Congress and the entire nation about the basis of the war in Iraq.
"This is exactly what the charter envisioned as a citizen initiative," Daims said. "People want to express themselves and they want to say how they feel."
Vermont is the only state Bush has not visited since he took office in 2001.