It's Election Day 2024! Here's What to Know

A voting sign in Burlington Credit: Matthew Roy ©️ Seven Days

Updated at 2:33 p.m.

It’s Election Day! Have you voted?

More than 220,000 Vermonters already had by midday Tuesday, according to the Secretary of State’s Office.

For those who haven’t, the polls close statewide at 7 p.m. You can find your polling location online at the Secretary of State’s website.

Not registered yet? Forgot to return your mail ballot? Don’t sweat it. Vermonters can register and vote, or submit unmailed absentee ballots, in person at their local polling location.

Voters today will decide the balance of power in Montpelier and Washington, D.C. Up for grabs: the governorship, lieutenant governor, treasurer, secretary of state, attorney general and auditor, along with all state legislative seats: 30 in the Senate and 150 in the House of Representatives.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is up for reelection, while U.S. Rep. Becca Balint (D-Vt.) is hoping to win her second term. Most eyes, meanwhile, are on the presidential contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) after voting in Burlington on Tuesday Credit: Colin Flanders ©️ Seven Days

Sanders was among those voting on Tuesday morning at his polling site in Burlington’s New North End. After arriving with his wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, and casting his ballot, Vermont’s senior senator took some questions from reporters. He wouldn’t say whether he plans to run again.

“Got six years to worry about that one,” he said.

Sanders said he is “deeply concerned” about Trump claiming election fraud and noted that there’s a reason why people such as former vice president Mike Pence and John Kelly aren’t backing him this time around.

“The essence of a democracy is these elections,” Sanders said, pointing back toward the polling place behind him. “No one likes to lose, but you get on the phone and you congratulate the winner. You don’t say, as Trump is literally saying today, that ‘The only way I could lose the election is if there’s fraud.'” In Burlington, voters are also weighing whether to add more oversight to the city’s police department.

Peruse Seven Days’ general election voter guide for the basics on Vermont candidates, and check back online after the polls close for our election-night coverage of the results.

See our reporting below for more on some of the major races and issues: