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Elections:
Voters
Everything you need to know to vote in Vermont!
VERMONT VOTER RIGHTS
YOU MAY SEE A BALLOT IN ADVANCE
- Your town clerk has sample ballots for you to see at least 10 days before
the election.
YOU HAVE A RIGHT TO ASSISTANCE
- Bring the person of YOUR CHOICE into the voting booth with you to help you
vote. [Not your employer or union representative.]
- You can get help marking the ballot. Ask an election official for
assistance. Two election officials will help you. [No one can tell you how to
vote!]
- Bring a magnifying glass or other device to help you vote.
- If you are disabled or ill, you may ask the election officials to bring a
ballot out to your car.
- Bring a list of candidates into the voting booth to help you vote.
[You may not show your list to other voters or leave it in the booth.]
YOU CAN VOTE EARLY OR
VOTE FROM HOME
You can vote at the town clerk’s office or take a ballot home to vote
anytime 30 days before the election.
Call the town clerk or sign a request form and the clerk will send you a
ballot by mail
YOU CAN GET A NEW BALLOT IF YOU
MAKE A MISTAKE
- If you give your first ballot to an election official you can get another
ballot to vote.
- You can get up to three ballots.
YOU MAY WRITE-IN A CANDIDATE
- Write the name of the candidate on the write–in line and mark the oval to the right.
- Place a sticker with the candidate’s name on the write-in line and mark the oval to the right.
YOUR BALLOT IS PRIVATE
- No one has the right to see how you voted or to ask you how you voted. Cast
your ballot by either folding and placing your ballot in the ballot box or by
inserting your ballot into the voting machine.
PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS
- Election officials are here to help you understand how to vote. They cannot
help you decide who to vote for and they may not tell you candidate names or party
designations.
- If you are not sure that you are being properly assisted, ask to speak to the
presiding officer.
For more information please call the Secretary of State’s
Office at 1-800-439-VOTE (8683)
or email
David Crossman.
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