Make your voice heard at the ballot box tomorrow! 🗳️

it’s Sam with BBF.

The Vermont primaries are coming up tomorrow on Tuesday, August 11!

The BBF team wants to make sure you have all the right information to exercise your right to vote. Here’s what all voters should know. 👇

Bookmark These Links

🔖 Vermont Secretary of State — Elections Division. [https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/] This is where you can register to vote, learn about early and absentee voting, get information about accessible voting, and more.

🔖 Know Your Rights: Voting in Vermont. [https://www.acluvt.org/know-your-rights/know-your-rights-voting-vermont/] This resource from the ACLU of Vermont offers more useful information.

Vermont Voting 101

🗳️ If you are eligible to vote but haven’t registered yet, get registered. It’s easy!

Anyone eligible to vote in Vermont can do so on any day up to and including the day of the election. This has been our state’s approach for almost a decade!

You’re eligible to vote if, on Election Day, you are a U.S. citizen, a resident of Vermont, at least 18 years old, and you’ve taken the Voter’s Oath. (If you’re a first-time voter, the Voter’s Oath can be self-administered!)

You can register to vote online, by printing and mailing in an application, or in person at a town clerk’s office — find information about all three voter registration options here. [https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/voters/registration/]

🗳️ If you’re already registered to vote, double-check or update your registration.

Maybe you’ve changed your name since you last voted, or maybe you’ve moved. Maybe you can’t remember if you’re registered to vote (it happens!)

No matter your reason, you can check your voter registration status through the Vermont Voter Portal. [https://vote.vermont.gov/public/dashboard]

🗳️ Be prepared to identify yourself when voting, if necessary.

If you’re a first-time voter, you may be asked to identify yourself when you vote.

The state of Vermont has a non-documentary ID requirement, which typically means you’ll be asked to verify your identity in ways that DO NOT require you to show a form of written identification — like stating your name and address, or signing an affidavit or poll book.

🗳️ Find your in-person polling place.

Use this interactive map from the Vermont Secretary of State [https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/voters/polling-places/] to find your in-person polling location. The map will also show you where to drop off an absentee ballot.

Always double-check your polling place’s opening and closing times before you head out to vote in person.

Election Rights

You have the right to...

☑️ Vote in person as long as you are in line by the time polls close on Town Meeting Day.

☑️ Request a new ballot if you make a mistake.

☑️ Request a paper ballot if the machines are not working at the polling place.

If you run into any problems or have questions on Election Day, call the Election Protection Hotline:

English: 1-866-OUR-VOTE // 1-866-687-8683

Spanish: 1-888-VE-Y-VOTA // 1-888-839-8682

Arabic: 1-844-YALLA-US // 1-844-925-5287

Bengali, Cantonese, Hindi, Urdu, Korean, Mandarin, Tagalog, or Vietnamese: 1-888-274-8683

Heading to the polls, whether absentee, mail-in, or in-person, is an important opportunity to participate in our democracy. We hope you exercise your right to vote!

For a better Burlington,

Sam and the BBF team