REQUESTING A BALLOT ON LINE
Any registered voter can request and track the status of an early/absentee ballot by accessing Vermont’s new “Vermont Voter Portal” at the link below.
You do not need to request a general election ballot. Vermont automatically mails ballots to all qualified voters by October 1 of each even-numbered year. This mailing is required by state law. Allowing time for postal delivery, you should receive your ballot in the first half of October. Visit the Vermont Voter Portal to check the mail date and other information.
Absentee Ballots can be requested for another voter by a family member, health care provider or a person authorized by a voter but the ballot can only be handed over or mailed directly to the voter the ballot is requested for. If you are unable to come to the office to vote or request a ballot due to illness, injury, or disability you can request a ballot to be delivered to your home by calling the Town Clerk at (802)254-6857 ext.107. Upon receiving the request two Justices of the Peace will be designated to deliver your ballot as soon as they are available.
VOTING EARLY BY MAIL
Download the early/absentee ballot request form, fill it out, then return it to your town clerk’s office. Any registered voter can submit a form requesting the Town Clerk to mail them an Early or Absentee Voter Ballot. The request form is available at the town office, or can be downloaded from the link below. A voter can request an Early or Absentee Voter Ballot at any time before an election. The Town Clerk will begin mailing absentee ballots within the 20 days prior to the election.
This ballot will arrive with a return envelope so that it can be returned to the clerk. In order for the ballot to be counted on Election Day, the clerk must receive it by the close of polls.
HAND DELIVERED BALLOTS
Any registered voter can pick up an Early or Absentee Voter Ballot at the Town Office at any time within thirty days, and no later than 5 pm on the day prior to a general or primary election. A voted Early or Absentee Voter Ballot, in a sealed envelope, can be returned to the Town Office prior to Election Day or to the polling place on Election Day before the close of polls.
Military and Overseas Voter Early/Absentee Ballot Requests
To register to vote and request an early/absentee ballot, visit the Vermont Voter Portal.
Military or overseas voters may also request an absentee ballot by telephone, fax, email, or by mail. You may also request that the unvoted ballot and certificate for the return envelope be sent to you by email, fax, or mail. If you have the ballot and certificate sent by email or fax, the clerk will include instructions for you. However, under Vermont law, voted ballots must be returned to the town clerk inside the absentee certificate envelope (with the voter’s original signature). Voted ballots may not be returned by fax or email.
For more voting information for military and/or overseas voters, please visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program.
In-home Ballot Delivery
If you are sick or have a disability, a ballot can be delivered to your home on Election Day. You may request an absentee ballot up until 5 p.m. on the day before the election. Two justices of the peace (of different parties when possible) will deliver a ballot to you, and then will bring the ballot back to the polling place so that it can be placed in the ballot box and counted.
Deadlines
Be sure your ballot is counted! Return your ballot to your town clerk’s office before the office closes on the day before the election or bring it to your polling place before 7 p.m. on Election Day.
All requests for absentee ballots must be submitted by 5 p.m. or by the close of the town clerk’s office on the day before the election.
Your town clerk will contact you if there’s something you need to fix (cure) for your ballot to be counted. Read more about defective ballots.