Elections & Voting

2017 Election Schedule

March 7, 2017  -  Town meeting day 

sample ballot is below

Polls are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the following locations:

District 7-1            Orchard School  - Baldwin Ave
District 7-2            F.H. Tuttle Middle School - Dorset St
District 7-3            F.H. Tuttle Middle School - Dorset St
District 7-4            Chamberlin School  -  White St

How do I get registered to vote in South Burlington?   

Election Day Voter Registration is now available for all elections in the City.  However, in order to make your election day experience less stressful it is recommended that you verify your voting status in the City prior to Election Day.

No matter how you register you should receive confirmation in the mail from the Clerk's office once your application is processed. If you don't receive confirmation within 2 weeks of registering, please call the office at 846-4105.

Every voter has the ability to review their voter information by going to

My Voter Page

at https://mvp.sec.state.vt.us/.  You can check your voter status, request an absentee ballot, check on status of absentee ballot, locate your polling location, find your election officials and more.

Absentee Ballot (or Early Voting) Information

Absentee ballots for annual meetings are available at least 20 days prior to the election.
Absentee ballots for state primary (August) and general (November) elections are available 45 days prior to the election.  However if the City is having a special election those ballots may not be ready until somewhere between 20 -30 days prior to the election due to state laws.

  • Absentee ballots for military and citizens who live out of the country, there is a special absentee ballot request form.  The federal voting laws have changed and ballots will be ready 45 days prior to the election for absentee voting for federal elctions only.  For local elections absentees are generally available 20 -25 days prior to the election day.  The absentee ballot request form is good for only 1 year.  Please see the form below.
    • To request an absentee ballot, please call the office at 846-4105 for each election  to request an absentee ballot be sent to you, go to My Voter Page (above) or complete the ballot request form below and a ballot will be mailed out as soon as voter status is confirmed.  
    • The City of South Burlington does allow absentee voting in the city clerk's office prior to the election and those ballots are co-mingled with absentee ballots received through the mail and processed on election day at the polls.

 Ballots:  Ballots from current ballot back to 1990 are now wordsearchable and posted on the web.  Click here  and go to the advanced search button on the top right of the page and then click voted ballots on the left side of the screen to keep your search within the ballots information.  The actual ballot and results can be accessed by clicking on the Click here to view the ballot and results just below the ballot date and the actual ballot will appear along with the results information.  The first ballot you see from your search result was re-typed so that it could be made wordsearchable.

  • Guide to City Representatives and Chittenden County in Senators serving in Montpelier(download document below)
  • Find your polling district and location (downloadable district map and street-by-street list below)
  • Sample ballots will be posted on this web-site as they become available. (See Below)

March 7, 2017 sample ballot  for the City's annual town meeting
November 8, 2016 election results  
Polling locations
find your polling location by your street address
Map of polling districts
Revised map of new polling districts
Absentee request form
Please use this form when requesting an absentee ballot
S. Burlington's representatives and senators
List of who they are and how to contact them
August 9 results  
Official results from annual town meeting