Following the Friday, December 15, 5 PM deadline, 12 candidates have qualified to be placed on the ballot in Vermont’s March 5 Presidential Primary, Secretary of State Sarah Copeland-Hanzas said. Six candidates have qualified for the Democratic ballot and six candidates for the Republican ballot.
Among them are former president Donald Trump, despite calls to keep him off the ballot due to the events of January 6, and Dean Phillips, a Minnesota congressman running a Democratic challenge to President Joseph Biden.
The Democratic Party candidates qualifying for placement on the ballot in Vermont are:
Joseph R. Biden Jr
Mark Stewart Greenstein
Jason Michael Palmer
Dean Phillips
Cenk Uygur
Marianne E. Williamson
The Republican Party candidates qualifying for placement on the ballot in Vermont are:
Ryan L. Binkley
Chris Christie
Ron DeSantis
Nikki Haley
Vivek Ramaswamy
Donald J. Trump
Vermont law requires any candidate seeking to have his or her name printed on the ballot of a major party presidential primary to file petitions signed by no fewer than 1,000 registered Vermont voters, along with a $2,000 filing fee.
The Presidential Primary will be held on March 5th, 2024, the same day as Town Meeting Day in Vermont. Voters are reminded that by law they must declare which ballot, Democratic or Republican, they wish to vote when voting in the Presidential Primary, and that choice will be recorded. Presidential Primary ballots are not mailed out to Vermont voters (unlike General Election ballots) but voters may request absentee ballots through the My Voter Page at mvp.vermont.gov or by contacting their town or city clerk. Please visit this link for a list of clerks https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/town-clerks/