Wards 4 and 7, Districts 3.1 and 3.2.
Bruce Parker reports for Watchdog.org, Oct. 8, 2014, that in the 2012 presidential election, 17,383 votes were cast in Burlington, Vermont, according to city-published data.However, 639 of those votes or 3.7%, came from election day walk-in voters whose names were not on the voter rolls and whose registration status was unknown.http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/tag/scott-schrader/
When Watchdog contacted the clerk/treasurer’s office to find out how many individuals voted in recent elections despite not appearing on the statewide checklist,Scott Schrader, Burlington’s elections chief, said affirmation forms from the 2012 presidential election were discarded. Forms from this year’s Town Meeting Day also went missing with a clerk who no longer works for the city.
The Secretary of State’s office manages the statewide voter checklist, but cities and towns “own” their data and thus are responsible for purging their own checklist. In the City of
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YEAR..........2010 / 2011
Ward 1.........648 / 426
Ward 2.........506 / 315
Ward 3.........691 / 592
WARD 4.....1809 / 1194
Ward 5.......1301 / 857
Ward 6.........860 / 561
Ward 7......1430 / 1279
Please click on this link to make the appropriate changes to your address with the DC Board of Elections and Ethics.
https://www.dcboee.org/voter_info/register_to_vote/ovr_editRegistration.asp
Ward 1: Registered voters: 6,000; Turnout: 8%.
Ward 2:Registered voters: 5,178; Turnout: 7%.
Ward 3:Registered voters: 5,598; Turnout 11%.
Ward 4:Registered voters: 3,952; Turnout percentage: 37%.
Ward 5: Registered voters: 4,929; Turnout: 21%.
Ward 6: Registered voters: 4,994; Turnout: 14%.
Ward 7: Registered voters: 4,126; Turnout: 31%.
Citywide: Registered voters: 34,778; Overall turnout: 17%
Annual City Meeting - March 1, 2011
New - Sample Ballots
Annual City Election Petition Forms
2010 ELECTION PROCEDURES - COVER AND INTRO
AFFIRMATION OF RESIDENCE/DOMICILE
New - Updated Vermont Justice of the Peace Guide explains checklist purge and matters related to voting and candidacy.
By-Laws: A caucus is most generally defined as being a meeting of supporters or members of a political party. In Vermont, a caucus is a meeting of local members of a political party to elect officers, nominate candidates, plan policy, etc.
Statute: At a caucus, the voters of the party residing in the town/ward meet to elect a town/ward committee, consisting of such number of voters of the town as the caucus deems necessary, to serve during the following two years or until their successors are elected or appointed.
Internet: a meeting of the leaders, members, or representatives of a political party to select the party’s nominees or convention delegates, plan a campaign, or develop party policy or strategy.
Town chairman to give notice
The town chairman or, if unavailable, or if the records of the secretary of state show there is no chairman, any three voters of the town, shall arrange to hold a caucus on the day designated by the state chairman, in some public place within the town, and shall set the hour of the caucus. At least five days before the day of the caucus the chairman shall post a notice of the date, purpose, time and place of the caucus in the town clerk's office and in at least one other public place in town. In towns of one thousand or more population, he shall also publish the notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the town. If three voters arrange to call the caucus, the voters shall designate one of their number to perform the duties prescribed above for the town chairman.
Neighborhood Planning Assemblies (NPAs) are grassroots, neighborhood organizations that were established in each of Burlington's seven Wards to encourage citizen participation in City government. A celebration of our right to vote starts with banner and sign making at the Burlington Police Department, followed by a parade to City Hall Park. Sponsored by the Neighborhood Planning Assemblies, League of Women Voters, and the Center for Community and Neighborhoods.
Topics for discussion: information about voter checklist and how to get a more accurate measure of voter participation; efforts city-wide to create appreciative, patriotic spirit on election day; whether location matters and whether polls in North End that are appropriate, convenient, and clearly identified; welcoming new voters; involvement of Secretary of State's Office in effort to increase turnout, and candidates for SoS present their ideas at NPA in Spetmeber. Add anything that interests you to the list of discussion items.
Definition:
Under administrative direction of the City Council, plans, organizes, provides oversight to and participates in all City Clerk functions, including retaining custody of and maintaining the City’s official records and history; coordinating the conduct of City Council and Special Measure/Initiative elections, ensuring legal notification of various Council, commission and committee meetings, and preparing agenda materials and minutes for City Council meetings; officiates at bid openings, coordinates City response to subpoenas for records, acts as a Notary Public, and performs related work as required. The City’s election official, legislative administrator and custodian of records.
Examples of Key Duties: (Duties are illustrative and not inclusive and may vary with individual assignment.)
