By Guy Page
Every town and city in Vermont voted on Election Day, November 8 to pass Prop 5/Article 22, according to published Vermont Secretary of State town-by-town voting results.
As seen on the town-by-town spreadsheet, 291,955 ballots were cast. Yes votes were 212,323; no votes, 64,239; 53 were “overvotes” (presumably voting yes and no); and on 15,340 ballots, the Article 22 boxes were left blank. The amendment enshrines ‘reproductive liberty’ in the state constitution.
Vermont is now being seen as a ground-breaking leader in legalizing abortion without any gestational limits, Planned Parenthood Executive Director Lucy Leriche reportedly said November 9.
The community most heavily in favor of Article 22 was Norwich in Windsor County, a wealthy bedroom town for Dartmouth College staff and professors and medical professionals at the nearby hospital. Voters there went about 12-1 in favor. Voting about 9-1 in favor were Burlington and the Windham County town of Putney.
Perhaps the town with the closest margin was Lowell, voting yes 166 and no 156. Irasburg voted yes 268 and no 228.
The town by town results were inaccessible to Vermont Daily Chronicle for at least two weeks, and were the subject of back-and-forth emails between VDC and the Secretary of State’s Office. However, as of this morning (and perhaps earlier), the town-by-town results were easy to access, and are printed below.
ADDISON 442 250
ALBANY 293 132
ALBURGH 450 297
ANDOVER 210 89
ARLINGTON 838 310
ATHENS 105 66
BAKERSFIELD 386 150
BALTIMORE 67 45
BARNARD 438 84
BARNET 608 240
BARRE CITY 1,925 782
BARRE TOWN 2,416 1,189
BARTON 563 311
BELVIDERE 92 50
BENNINGTON 3,763 1,348
BENSON 272 165
BERKSHIRE 295 189
BERLIN 919 293
BETHEL 640 179
BLOOMFIELD 74 25
BOLTON 493 117
BRADFORD 862 253
BRAINTREE 418 144
BRANDON 1,192 459
BRATTLEBORO 4,274 648
BRIDGEWATER 295 106
BRIDPORT 377 213
BRIGHTON 248 169
BRISTOL 1,388 357
BROOKFIELD 531 181
BROOKLINE 203 62
BROWNINGTON 229 89
BRUNSWICK 39 11
BURKE 546 182
BURLINGTON 14,381 1,695
CABOT 518 205
CALAIS 766 110
CAMBRIDGE 1,357 309
CANAAN 223 96
CASTLETON 1,051 554
CAVENDISH 442 192
CHARLESTON 256 126
CHARLOTTE 1,902 313
CHELSEA 401 150
CHESTER 1,003 353
CHITTENDEN 444 224
CLARENDON 635 436
COLCHESTER 5,248 1,650
CONCORD 289 164
CORINTH 484 155
CORNWALL 561 111
COVENTRY 243 139
CRAFTSBURY 505 115
DANBY 396 197
DANVILLE 895 322
DERBY 1,172 637
DORSET 922 192
DOVER 512 145
DUMMERSTON 890 150
DUXBURY 557 120
EAST HAVEN 78 17
EAST MONTPELIER 1,184 213
EDEN 303 120
ELMORE 407 79
ENOSBURGH 664 337
ESSEX JCT CITY 3,597 1,018
ESSEX TOWN 4,027 1,457
FAIR HAVEN 617 326
FAIRFAX 1,605 689
FAIRFIELD 596 251
FAIRLEE 391 79
FAYSTON 678 87
FERRISBURGH 1,133 369
FLETCHER 506 145
FRANKLIN 348 211
GEORGIA 1,347 761
GLOVER 371 132
GOSHEN 83 24
GRAFTON 253 71
GRANBY 17 13
GRAND ISLE 810 309
GRANVILLE 112 10
GREENSBORO 324 66
GROTON 284 155
GUILDHALL 100 33
GUILFORD 856 207
HALIFAX 285 104
HANCOCK 109 27
HARDWICK 803 247
HARTFORD 3,769 784
HARTLAND 1,320 303
HIGHGATE 718 466
HINESBURG 1,948 433
HOLLAND 150 113
HUBBARDTON 229 90
HUNTINGTON 895 182
HYDE PARK 1,023 264
IRA 128 79
IRASBURG 268 228
ISLE LA MOTTE 204 91
JAMAICA 327 72
JAY 162 74
JERICHO 2,245 687
JOHNSON 873 249
KILLINGTON 505 110
KIRBY 197 86
LANDGROVE 96 11
LEICESTER 308 127
LEMINGTON 20 14
LINCOLN 642 121
LONDONDERRY 644 161
LOWELL 166 156
LUDLOW 664 270
LUNENBURG 243 161
LYNDON 1,194 633
MAIDSTONE 74 31
MANCHESTER 1,694 398
MARLBORO 448 57
MARSHFIELD 530 194
MENDON 425 152
MIDDLEBURY 2,785 468
MIDDLESEX 810 148
MIDDLETOWN SPR. 331 150
MILTON 2,948 1,480
MONKTON 859 253
MONTGOMERY 449 144
MONTPELIER 3,677 466
MORETOWN 795 141
MORGAN 172 130
MORRISTOWN 1,976 476
MOUNT HOLLY 432 227
MOUNT TABOR 64 24
NEW HAVEN 693 217
NEWARK 180 110
NEWBURY 709 235
NEWFANE 750 135
NEWPORT CITY 826 447
NEWPORT TOWN 348 224
NORTH HERO 421 182
NORTHFIELD 1,378 478
NORTON 48 40
NORWICH 1,877 151
ORANGE 283 159
ORWELL 407 181
PANTON 266 77
PAWLET 549 186
PEACHAM 371 65
PERU 190 32
PITTSFIELD 215 53
PITTSFORD 840 400
PLAINFIELD 531 93
PLYMOUTH 224 72
POMFRET 495 71
POULTNEY 875 406
POWNAL 888 464
PROCTOR 469 238
PUTNEY 1,003 125
RANDOLPH 1,627 505
READING 321 54
READSBORO 211 110
RICHFORD 390 241
RICHMOND 1,899 379
RIPTON 268 37
ROCHESTER 465 94
ROCKINGHAM 1,392 361
ROXBURY 246 80
ROYALTON 872 233
RUPERT 270 89
RUTLAND CITY 3,937 1,691
RUTLAND TOWN 1,336 644
RYEGATE 341 138
ST ALBANS CITY 1,661 581
ST ALBANS TOWN 1,945 927
SAINT GEORGE 252 86
SAINT JOHNSBURY 1,846 714
SALISBURY 372 126
SANDGATE 133 68
SEARSBURG 29 12
SHAFTSBURY 1,276 423
SHARON 517 126
SHEFFIELD 172 98
SHELBURNE 3,684 722
SHELDON 421 244
SHOREHAM 436 128
SHREWSBURY 396 161
SO. BURLINGTON 7,995 1,499
SOUTH HERO 828 250
SPRINGFIELD 2,223 923
STAMFORD 238 154
STANNARD 76 17
STARKSBORO 659 189
STOCKBRIDGE 307 71
STOWE 2,098 374
STRAFFORD 582 69
STRATTON 110 26
SUDBURY 236 57
SUNDERLAND 389 128
SUTTON 270 104
SWANTON 1,478 850
THETFORD 1,306 182
TINMOUTH 200 86
TOPSHAM 311 157
TOWNSHEND 465 92
TROY 342 232
TUNBRIDGE 513 161
UNDERHILL 1,444 400
VERGENNES 962 249
VERNON 517 354
VERSHIRE 287 56
VICTORY 27 19
WAITSFIELD 864 118
WALDEN 326 132
WALLINGFORD 657 324
WALTHAM 197 65
WARDSBORO 279 74
WARREN 849 92
WASHINGTON 361 120
WATERBURY 2,346 368
WATERFORD 419 209
WATERVILLE 235 106
WEATHERSFIELD 996 392
WELLS 353 199
WEST FAIRLEE 221 43
WEST HAVEN 90 27
WEST RUTLAND 552 327
WEST WINDSOR 573 137
WESTFIELD 194 97
WESTFORD 826 296
WESTMINSTER 1,145 249
WESTMORE 108 52
WESTON 301 56
WEYBRIDGE 444 71
WHEELOCK 248 100
WHITING 134 36
WHITINGHAM 369 172
WILLIAMSTOWN 866 461
WILLISTON 4,310 1,178
WILMINGTON 675 185
WINDHAM 183 51
WINDSOR 1,080 317
WINHALL 390 74
WINOOSKI 2,276 337
WOLCOTT 561 142
WOODBURY 342 116
WOODFORD 116 41
WOODSTOCK 1,375 271
WORCESTER 409 86