September 16, 2026
By Marguerite Adelman
The League of Women Voters of Vermont urges Vermonters to make a voting plan for casting their ballots in the upcoming General Election on November 3rd.
FIRST. Check your registration and/or register to vote. You can do both at the online Vermont Voter Portal: https://vote.vermont.gov/public/dashboard.
If you registered to vote after September 1, you may not be on the list to receive a ballot. Please call your Town or City Clerk to request a ballot.
SECOND. Decide how you will vote.
By law, the Vermont Secretary of State is required to automatically mail General Election ballots to all active registered voters. Vermonters can expect their ballots to arrive via the United States Postal Service (USPS) by the first half of October.
There are four ways to cast your ballot:
1. Mail In: Follow included instructions to mail your ballot back to your clerk’s office. Mail your ballot back as soon as possible. Visit https://vote.vermont.gov/public/dashboard to see when your ballot was mailed, track your ballot’s progress, and confirm your town/city clerk received it.
2. Town/City Clerk’s Office: Bring your ballot to your clerk’s office in person until Nov. 2nd during regular business hours.
3. Drop Box: Drop your ballot into an official ballot drop box any time before Election Day.
4. Polling Site on November 3: If you want to vote in person on November 3, please bring your ballot with you to your polling place. Information about your polling site and town/city clerk can be found at https://sos.vermont.gov/elections/voters/polling-places.
Voters who arrive to vote in person without their mailed ballot will need to sign an affidavit of “No Ballot Cast” before receiving a new ballot to vote then and there.
If you have not registered to vote, but would like to cast your ballot, you can register at the polls on November 3, get a ballot from your town/city clerk, and vote.
THIRD. Research your candidates and any special ballot measures and decide how you will vote.
Vermont has two measures on the November 3 ballot to amend the Vermont constitution.
Prop 3–The Right to Collective Bargaining— would establish a state constitutional right for employees to organize or join a labor organization for the purpose of collective bargaining.
Prop 4–The Right to Equal Protection Under the Law–would ban the state government from denying equal treatment on account of a person’s race, ethnicity, sex, religion, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or national origin.
FOURTH. Know your rights as a voter (https://www.vote.org/election-protection), share your voting plan with friends and family, and encourage others to vote or take them with you to the polls.