August 11 Primary Election Warning
The Absentee ballots for the August 11th Primary Election are officially available for Early Voting.
You can request absentee ballots at any time during the election year. The latest you can request a ballot in the town/city of Guilford is August 10th by 5pm (when the office closes before the election). Anyone who submitted a request for the Primary Absentee Ballots at the beginning of the year during the local election should recieve there ballots by July 6. You can request and confirm if an Absentee Ballot has been sent to you by visiting vote.vermont.gov or contacting the Guilford Town Clerk.
EARLY or ABSENTEE BALLOTS: You or a family member can request early/absentee ballots in person, in writing, by telephone, or on the Vermont Voter Portal: Vote.Vermont.gov. An authorized person can request ballots for you in person or in writing, but the ballot can only be directly handed or mailed to the voter the request is for. Please plan accordingly.
EARLY or ABSENTEE VOTING: How to vote early or by absentee ballot once ballots are available at the end of June (at least 45 days before the election):
- Vote in the town clerk’s office before the election.
- You may take your own ballots from the clerk’s office and return them in the same manner as if you received the ballots by mail.
- Have the ballot mailed to you and return it to clerk’s office before Election Day or to your polling place by 7 p.m. on Election Day.
- If you are in the military, live overseas, are ill or disabled, or in the Safe at Home address confidentiality program, you may receive your ballot electronically and utilize our accessible online ballot marking tool, but you must print your ballot and return it by mail.
- If you are ill or disabled, ask the town clerk, on/before the deadline to request an absentee ballot, to have two justices of the peace bring a ballot to you at your home on any day before the day of the election (once ballots are ready) or the day of election.
The Official Warning for the Primary Election is below followed by the Sample Ballots for the Republican, Democratic and Progressive parties. For any questions, please reach out to the Guilford Town Clerk via email at townclerk@guilfordvt.gov, by phone at (802)254-6857 x107 or in person at the Guilford Town Office.