MONTPEILER-Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas says that, as of Oct. 7, ballots have been mailed to all active registered voters for the Nov. 3 General Election.
The Vermont Legislature passed Act 60, in 2021, requiring the Secretary of State's office to mail General Election ballots to all active registered voters, as is also the case in California, Colorado, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and the District of Columbia.
Voters have four main ways to cast a ballot in the November General Election.
• Follow the included instructions to mail your ballot back to your clerk's office. (The Secretary of State's office recommends doing so by Tuesday, Oct. 20 - two weeks before Election Day - to ensure it's received on time.)
• Bring your ballot to your clerk's office in person during their regular business hours.
• Drop your ballot into an official ballot dropbox any time before Election Day.
• If you want to vote in person on Tuesday, Nov. 3, bring your ballot with you to your polling place.
The Accessible Voting System (AVS), a tablet-based interface, is available at every polling place in Vermont, allowing voters with disabilities to vote privately and independently.
Voters who arrive to vote in-person without their mailed ballot will need to sign an "Affidavit of No Ballot Cast" before receiving a new ballot to vote then and there.
Voters are encouraged to check in with their local clerk if they have not received their ballot by mid-October and to visit the online Vermont Voter Portal: vote.vermont.gov. Voters can track their ballot's progress and, after they return it, confirm their town or city clerk received it.
Voters can find their local clerk at sos.vermont.gov/elections/town-clerks and locations of polling and dropbox at sos.vermont.gov/elections/voters/polling-places.
They can also find this information (and more) in their Vermont Voter Portal at vote.vermont.gov.
The General Election will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The following offices are up for election: U.S. representative to Congress, governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, secretary of state, auditor of accounts, attorney general, all 30 state Senate seats, all 150 seats in the House of Representatives, probate judge, assistant judges, state's attorney, sheriff, high bailiff, and justices of the peace.
Two constitutional amendments are also on this year's ballot: Proposal 3, which would enshrine collective bargaining rights, and Proposal 4, which would add an amendment guaranteeing everyone equal protection under the law.
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