On March 3, Rutland, Vermont held a Mayoral election with no names printed on the ballot. All votes were write-ins. The city managed to count all the votes on election night. See this story.
On March 3, Rutland, Vermont held a Mayoral election with no names printed on the ballot. All votes were write-ins. The city managed to count all the votes on election night. See this story.
Why waste paper and require voters to learn the increasingly esoteric mastery of casting spells (spelling), which is on track to become as rare as it was in medieval times before the end of this century? Voting should require none of that.
Writing should only be an alternative option for those not able to stand, raise a hand, or speak, so long as such people are still allowed to vote.
All write in is even worse than government printed ballots. Viva Voce or standing count sounds better to me.
How many votes were illegible? How many people disenfranchised by the literacy and handwriting test?
another minority rule election
We must stop minorities from ruling over us! To be safe, let’s take away their voting rights!
All elections should be decided in person by a voice vote by male land-owning citizens.
I agree.
That would be a huge step in the right direction.
Term
+1!
Kirby moderator John McClaughry was elected for the 60th time.
https://vtdigger.org/2026/03/03/latest-results-2026-vermont-town-meeting-voting/
This tops the old record of the late Waltham Moderator Herbert Day, who led meetings in his town in the 58 years between 1896 and 1954.
@Q,
6.4% were undervotes.
3.3% were write-ins for other persons. It is possible that these could not be deciphered, or were just for random persons. I think Vermont requires write-in candidates to register, and for the bubble next to a write-in to be filled.