Town Meeting & Local Elections

Town meeting happens every year on the first Tuesday in March. A form of government that exists nowhere else in the world outside of New England, town meeting involves direct citizen lawmaking, true government by the governed. We should feel lucky to live in a place with this unique kind of local government and community, and we should all do our best to take part.

For more information, please read our Citizen′s Guide to Town Meeting.

At town meeting articles are voted either “from the floor” or by Australian ballot. Some towns and school districts use only one form of voting while many use a combination of the two methods. See below for listings of voting methods and turnout statistics by town:

2024 Voting Methods by Town and School District
2024 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2023 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2023 Voting Methods by Town and School District
2022 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2021 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics (please note there are separate tabs for towns that vote by Australian ballot and those that vote from the floor)
2021 Voting Methods by Town and School District
2020 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2020 Voting Methods by Town and School District
2019 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2019 Voting Methods by Town and School District
2018 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2018 Voting Methods by Town and School District
2017 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2017 Voting Methods by Town and School District
2016 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2015 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2014 Town Meeting Turnout Statistics
2013 Town Meeting Voting Methods and Turnout Statistics

More information for voters at town meeting, including registration deadlines and absentee voting procedures for towns that use Australian ballot, can be found in our Voters section.

Special Meetings

Special meetings of the voters can occur at any time throughout the year upon the call of the selectboard, school board or when requested by a valid petition signed by five percent of the registered voters. Special meetings require 30–40 days notice and, when requested by petition, the board must hold the meeting within 60 days of receiving the petition.

Locate Your Polling Place

Click for a list of Town Meeting Polling Places. Polling locations were provided to our office by the town or city clerk. If you have any questions about this listing, please contact the clerk directly.

All polls in Vermont open between 6 and 10 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.

Selectboard and Justice of the Peace Listings

Following every town meeting, clerks across the state provide our office with listings of their Justices of the Peace and Selectboard members, as directed by 17 V.S.A §2665. Below please find the listings submitted following town meetings and updated as possible throughout the year: