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The Vermont Secretary of State’s office has begun mailing Nov. 5 General Election ballots to all active registered voters in the state. Allowing time for postal delivery, Vermonters can expect their ballots to arrive via the United States Postal Service (USPS) by the first half of October, the SOS office said.
The following offices are up for election: U.S. President and Vice President, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney General, State Senate seats, State Representative seats, High Bailiffs, and justices of the peace. In 2021, the Vermont legislature passed Act 60, which requires the Secretary of State’s office to mail General Election ballots to all active registered voters automatically.
There are four main ways to cast your ballot in the November General Election.
- Follow the included instructions to mail your ballot back to your clerk’s office.
- Bring your ballot to your clerk’s office in-person during their open hours.
- Drop your ballot into an official ballot drop box any time before Election Day.
- If you want to vote in person on November 5th, please bring your ballot with you to your polling place. Voters who arrive to vote in-person without the ballot that was mailed to them will need to sign an affidavit of “No Ballot Cast” before receiving a new ballot to vote then and there.
Secretary of State Sarah Copeland-Hanzas encouraged voters to visit My Voter Page. Voters can login to their My Voter Page and see if their ballot has been mailed to them. They can also track the ballot’s progress and, after they mail it back, confirm it was received by their respective town or city clerk. Starting in early October, voters will be able to use their My Voter Page to access the Online Vermont Voter Guide that the Secretary of State’s office is preparing for the first time for the 2024 General Election. Secretary Copeland Hanzas also encouraged voters who choose to mail their ballot back to do so promptly.
If a voter registered to vote after September 9, their respective town or city clerk will mail a ballot to them. Secretary Copeland Hanzas advised voters to reach out to their clerk if they do not receive their ballot in the mail by mid-October.
Voters can find their local clerk here. They can also find this information (and more) at the My Voter Page.
– submitted by Vermont Secretary of State’s office
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Vote in person only. So may cheats available via mail in ballot.
We will vote in person.
Oh no, the franklin county sheriff has to go back to court again. This dog and pony show will never end. Who will pay his lawyers fee if he is found not guilty??????? Now remember the people voted for him.
That’s great news! Getting elected does not exonerate anyone from assaulting someone. The guy Grismore assaulted was in custody – in handcuffs – no threat to anyone.
Vermont’s publisher clearing house-style ballot handout and the scam begins, every address gets one ……………….. this shouldn’t be a problem, sure !!
Desperate people do desperate things.
Wonder if I’ll get another one this year. Left Vt over 2 years ago and still received one for the 2022 election.
If you don’t live there anymore how’d you even know, are you in communication with the new property owners? And why don’t you reach out to your town clerk and remind them that you’ve moved?
Or is complaining here just easier and seemingly more productive?
This is in response to Davis davis …. I moved in May of 2020 and the PO forwarded my ballot to my new address !! We need to end the BS of mail in ballots and go back to having to ask for one if you are deployed or going to be out of state.
Lisa,
I’ve had my mail forwarded in the past due to long term work projects. It had nothing to do with a change of residence, and if it happened again I’d appreciate the USPS continuing to properly forwarding all of my mail to my temp address.
And I’ll ask, after the example you shared did you contact your old VT town officials to have your name removed for the voter list? If you moved within Vermont your new town officials should have done this for you.