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| Date | Description | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Tue, Mar 2 | (Periodically, or at least 5 days before election) Last day for town clerk to forward to the board of civil authority a list of voters added to the checklist. | 17 V.S.A. § 2144b(d) |
| Tue, Mar 2 | (At least 5 days before town meeting) Last day to publish warning in a newspaper of general circulation in the town if the warning has not been distributed in the annual town (auditors’) report or otherwise. | 17 V.S.A. § 2641(b) |
| Tue, Mar 2 | (5 days before town meeting) Last day for town treasurer to settle accounts with auditors. | 24 V.S.A. § 1578 |
| Sat, Mar 4 | (As soon as early or absentee ballots are ready and not later than 3 days before election) Board of civil authority – or, upon request of the board, the town clerk – designates pairs of justices of the peace, ensuring political balance in each pair, to deliver early absentee ballots to ill or physically disabled voters. | 17 V.S.A. § 2538(a)(2) |
| Sat, Mar 4-Mon, Mar 6 | (On any of the 3 days immediately preceding the first Tuesday in March) Towns that have voted to do so may start town meeting and transact non-ballot-related business. | 17 V.S.A. § 2640(b), (c) |
| Mon, Mar 6 | Last day for legislative body to hold public informational hearing on any public question or budget to be voted by Australian ballot at town meeting. | 17 V.S.A. § 2680(h) |
| Mon, Mar 6 | (Up to 5:00 p.m. or closing of town clerk’s office) Voters or their family members, authorized persons, or health care providers may request early or absentee ballots. If the clerk’s office is not open on the day before the election, they may file requests until the clerk’s office closes on the last day the office has hours prior to the election. | 17 V.S.A. §§ 2531(a)(1), 2532(a) |
| Mon, Mar 6 | Any time prior to the day of the election, the board of civil authority must appoint assistant election officers and, if more than one polling place is used, a presiding officer for each. | 17 V.S.A. §§ 2454, 2452(b) |
| Tue, Mar 7 | Town Meeting Day. A meeting of the legal voters of each town shall be held annually on the first Tuesday in March, unless the town charter changes the date or the voters have voted to begin on one of the 3 days preceding that Tuesday. | 1 V.S.A. § 371(a); 17 V.S.A § 2640(a), (b) |
| Tue, Mar 7 | (Before polls open) Presiding officer must post a copy of the warning, notice, and sample ballots in a conspicuous place in each polling place. Signs must be placed on or near the ballot boxes explaining how to deposit ballots. | 17 V.S.A. § 2523 |
| Tue, Mar 7 | (Before polls open) Town clerk must give election officials a list of those voters who voted early in clerk’s office or cast early or absentee ballots. | 17 V.S.A. § 2548(a) |
| Tue, Mar 7 | Polls must open no earlier than 5:00 a.m. and no later than 10:00 a.m. Polls remain open until 7:00 p.m. | 17 V.S.A. § 2561 |
| Tue, Mar 7 | (During polling hours) A person may apply to be added to the checklist to the presiding officer at the polling place. Presiding officer must review submitted applications and determine if they meet the requirements of 17 V.S.A. § 2121. Upon approval, the applicant’s name must be added to the checklist at the polling place, and the applicant must be given the opportunity to vote. | 17 V.S.A. §§ 2121, 2144(b) |
| Tue, Mar 7 | Moderator must open town floor meeting at the time established by legislative body, unless the town voted otherwise at a preceding meeting. | 17 V.S.A. § 2655 |
| Tue, Mar 7 | (As soon as possible after polls close) Presiding officer must examine the certified checklists and prepare a statement of discrepancies. Unless the board of civil authority voted not to use an exit checklist, each checklist must be identified as either the “entrance” or the “exit” checklist. | 17 V.S.A. §§ 2507, 2583 |
| Tue, Mar 7 | (In towns using Australian ballot) All early voter absentee ballots returned in the following manner before the polls close on election day must be counted: by any means to the clerk’s office before the close of business on the day before the election; by being dropped in a secure ballot drop box before the close of business on day before election; by mail to the clerk’s office before the close of the polls on the day of the election; and by hand delivery to the presiding officer at the voter’s polling place before 7 p.m. | 17 V.S.A. § 2543(d) |
| Tue, Mar 7 | (Immediately after vote is counted) Under the direction of the legislative body, the town clerk must announce and post the results of any charter amendments. | 17 V.S.A. § 2645(b) |
| Sun, Mar 12 | (Within 5 days of election) Last day for a candidate in a tied race to withdraw. The clerk then declares the other candidate the winner and there is no runoff election. | 17 V.S.A. § 2682b |
| Sun, Mar 12 | (Within 5 days after town meeting) Town clerk must certify votes on financial actions to town treasurer and to the chair of the legislative body. | 24 V.S.A. § 1167 |
| Tue, Mar 14 | (Within 5 business days of town meeting) Last day for the town clerk to add new voter registration information received pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2144(b)(1) on day of election to the statewide voter checklist. | 17 V.S.A. § 2144(b)(2) |
| Tue, Mar 14 | (Within 7 days after election) Last day to warn a runoff election if there was a tie vote for any Australian ballot race at town meeting. | 17 V.S.A. § 2682b |
| Fri, Mar 17 | (Within 10 days after the election) Last day for a registered voter to file a petition with town clerk requesting a recount of any question voted by Australian ballot that passed or failed by less than 5 percent. | 17 V.S.A. § 2688 |
| Fri, Mar 17 | (Within 10 days after election) Last day for a losing candidate for local office to request a recount of an election voted by Australian ballot by filing a petition with the town clerk. | 17 V.S.A § 2683(a) |
| Fri, Mar 17 | (Within 10 days after town meeting) Last day for town clerk to certify to secretary of state the facts of origin and procedure followed for each municipal charter amendment proposal. Clerk must also certify the result of any vote required before an act of the General Assembly takes effect. | 17 V.S.A. § 2663 |
Elections: For other dates related to elections, such as campaign finance or candidate filings, please see the Secretary of State’s Elections Division Calendar.
Note: A town may vote to start its annual meeting on any of the three days immediately preceding the first Tuesday in March. 17:2640(b). In such instances, all relevant dates should be changed to correspond with the day on which the municipality holds its town meeting. Voter petition deadlines and town meeting warning deadlines may be earlier if the town has a floor meeting in the three days preceding the first Tuesday in March and has Australian ballot voting.
| Date | Description | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Sat. Apr 1 | Last day for town clerk to submit civil marriage license quarterly report and fees to state treasurer. | 32 V.S.A. § 1712(1) |
| Sat. Apr 1 | Last day for residents to license dogs or wolf-hybrids. | 20 V.S.A. § 3581(a) |
| Sat. Apr 1 | Date by which appraisal value of real and personal property is set. | 32 V.S.A. § 3482 |
| Sat. Apr 1 | Last day for town clerk to furnish listers with copies of property transfer tax returns from the preceding 12-month period. | 32 V.S.A. § 3485(a) |
| Wed, Apr 5 | (22 days after warning the runoff election) Last day a runoff election may be held. | 17 V.S.A. § 2682b |
| Thu, Apr 6 | (Within 30 days of town meeting) Last day legislative body can accept petition signed by 5 percent of the registered voters requesting reconsideration or rescission of a town meeting article, other than nonbinding advisory articles. | 17 V.S.A. § 2661(b) |
| Thu, Apr 20 | Last day for return of property inventories to listers. | 32 V.S.A. § 4004 |
Elections: For other dates related to elections, such as campaign finance or candidate filings, please see the Secretary of State’s Elections Division Calendar.
| Date | Description | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, May 1 | Last day to file Form 941 (Quarterly Withholding Return) with Internal Revenue Service. | irs.gov/instructions/i941 |
| Mon, May 1 | Last day for listers to receive applications for tax exemption due to disabled veteran status. | 32 V.S.A. § 3802(11) |
| Sat, May 6 | (No later than 60 days after election) Last day by which clerk must indicate each voter’s participation in the election on the town checklist of the statewide checklist. | 17 V.S.A. § 2593 |
| Mon, May 15 | Triannual deadline for town clerk to remit to state treasurer dog licensing fees and accounting of the licenses sold. | 20 V.S.A. § 3581 |
| Mon, May 29 | Memorial Day | 1 V.S.A § 371(a) |
Elections: For other dates related to elections, such as campaign finance or candidate filings, please see the Secretary of State’s Elections Division Calendar.
| Date | Description | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| Thu, Jun 1 | Last day for town treasurer to pay nonresidential and homestead education taxes to state treasurer. | 32 V.S.A. § 5402(c) |
| Thu, Jun 1 | Last day for listers to lodge property inventories with town clerk. | 32 V.S.A. § 4007 |
| Mon, Jun 5 | (Within 60 days of petition receipt) Last day for a municipal vote to be held at a duly warned meeting if a petition for reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted at town meeting was filed on April 6. | 17 V.S.A. § 2661(b) |
| Mon, Jun 5 | (In towns using Australian ballot for town meeting) Town clerk may open and destroy used town meeting ballots and tally sheets, except as otherwise provided by law. | 17 V.S.A. § 2590(d) |
| Mon, Jun 19 | (In towns of fewer than 5,000 residents) Last day for listers to lodge the grand list with town clerk for public inspection. | 32 V.S.A. §§ 4151, 4341 |
| Fri, Jun 30 | Last day for town treasurer to complete the form provided by the state auditor that ensures proper use of public funds. Treasurer must also provide a copy to the legislative body for its review. | 24 V.S.A. § 1571(d) |
| Fri, Jun 30 | End of fiscal year for all school districts, charter provisions notwithstanding, and for municipalities that have adopted a July 1 through June 30 fiscal year calendar. | 32 V.S.A. § 1, 24,V.S.A § 1683(b), (c) |
Elections: For other dates related to elections, such as campaign finance or candidate filings, please see the Secretary of State’s Elections Division Calendar.
Publication Date
06/30/2022