Town Meeting Day

While state and federal law require polling places to be accessible to Vermont voters with disabilities, that’s not always the reality in what are often historic buildings.

We've updated our Town Meeting Day guide, including a new bingo card.

It's an expensive project to fix the building that dates to 1907, even with cost-saving measures like keeping the walls, roof, and foundation. Voters will decide on Town Meeting Day.

Town Meeting Day is one of Vermont's oldest traditions. Some communities, like Craftsbury, are rethinking how it works to make their local democracy fit better for residents today.

That's after Brattleboro residents voted to change their charter. The change became official last year after the state Legislature overrode Gov. Phil Scott's veto.

The candidates include President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. This comes after Colorado has decided to remove Trump on ballots across the state.

In March, Erica Heilman attended a mock Town Meeting Day at Woodbury Elementary School where the students voted between taking a field trip or buying new playground equipment. They chose a field trip and Erica tagged along.

Since the 2020 closure of Woodside — the only juvenile detention center in Vermont — the fight over where to build a new facility to house youth in the criminal justice system has gotten heated. One possible location — Newbury. Local residents there got a chance to weigh in on that proposal during this year’s town meeting.

Voters across Vermont Tuesday mostly said yes to local school budget proposals. Those budget proposals will drive statewide education spending north of $2 billion next year, and send property tax bills up by nearly 8% on average, if lawmakers don’t take measures to temper the increase.

Burlington residents voted down the creation of an independent police oversight board during this Town Meeting Day.