This year's Town Meeting and annual Police District Meeting will be by AUSTRALIAN BALLOT ONLY on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm, upstairs at Holley Hall.

Absentee ballots may be obtained by calling the Town Office at (802) 453-2410 ext. 5, by visiting the Town Office Monday through Thursday, 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, or by requesting one online through the My Voter Page on the Secretary State's Web site: https://mvp.vermont.gov/.

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The next Town Meeting informational meeting will be held online via Zoom on:

Monday, February 28, 2021, at 7:00 pm
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87912810018?pwd=WFdGNUtJYWx1eHMrenpqTkZmUUNGZz09

Police District Annual Meeting informational meetings will be held those same evenings beginning at 6:30 pm via the same Zoom links.

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The Bristol FY2021 Annual Town Report is available to be picked up or reviewed at the Bristol Town Office, at the Bristol Post Office, and on the Bristol Web site at http://bristolvt.org/.

http://bristolvt.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Town_of_Bristol_FY2021_Annual_Report_web.pdf

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The Bristol voting location is Holley Hall, 1 South Street. Voting is always wheelchair accessible. Bristol uses Australian ballots and for larger elections, uses a machine tabulator. For smaller elections, Bristol sometimes uses paper ballots that are hand-counted.

When you enter the polling place to vote, you will be asked to give your name to a poll worker and will be given paper ballots for state and local races. You then step into a voting booth and vote in private. After you mark your ballots, fold them, and exit the booth, you will be asked for your name one more time before you deposit the ballots in the ballot box. Even though the poll workers may know you, they are required to ask for your name and to make certain it is on the voter checklist.

The ballots are both machine counted by the tabulator and hand-counted by the members of the Board of Civil Authority and volunteers shortly after the polls close. The results of the election are usually available within two to three hours (and are posted at bristolvt.org the day after an election). Volunteer poll workers are essential to the integrity of elections. If you are interested in volunteering to help with the tasks that keep democracy strong in Bristol, contact the Town Clerk.

Many voters take advantage of Vermont's early voting option. Formerly known as the "absentee ballot," early voting is available to any voter who requests a ballot prior to voting day. You do not need to be out of town or ill to vote early. Contact the Town Clerk's office if you are interested in voting early. You can either vote early at the Town Clerk's office or have the ballot mailed to you.

Questions? Contact Town Clerk Sharon Lucia at (802) 453-2410 ext. 5 or clerk@bristolvt.org.

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