Two Vermont towns called their residents to endorse a measure that wound direct the police to arrest President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney for “crimes against our Constitution,” Reuters informs.

Vermont is a state known for taking liberal positions regarding national issues. The voters in Brattleboro and Marlboro voted for the enforcement of the measure allowing police to arrest both Bush and Cheney if it ever occurs to them to visit Brattleboro or nearby Marlboro. Moreover, the measure instructs town police to “extradite them to other authorities that may reasonably contend to prosecute them.”

In Brattleboro, where there are almost 12,000 residents, the vote was 2,012-1,795. In Marlboro, with 1,000 residents, the vote was 43-25 with three abstentions.

People said the vote was an opportunity to express their frustration over the war in Iraq and over Bush’s tenure in general, ABC News reports.

The vote is symbolic, but organizer Kurt Daims said that it contains the message that such a thing can be done.

Brattleboro Town Clerk Annette Cappy said that the town attorney is not authorized to draw up the arrest papers, but as long as the issue is on the ballot it is worthwhile considering it.

The White House press office dismissed the indictment. “It appears that the left wing knows no bounds in their willingness to waste taxpayer dollars to make a futile counterproductive partisan political point,” said Blair Latoff, spokesman of National Republican Committee. “Town people would be much better served by elected officials who sought to solve problems rather than create them.”