Early voting begins; town reports available this week
February 11, 2026 | By Lisa ScagliottiWith Vermont’s Town Meeting Day now three weeks away, voters around the state can start voting early and find copies of their town’s annual reports to read up on local issues.
Waterbury
The cover of the Waterbury Annual Report for town meeting is dedicated to the new Stowe Street bridge, built in 2025. Inside the report is a photo of the previous structure, built as a covered bridge in 1928. Photo by Gordon Miller
In Waterbury, Town Clerk Beth Jones said early/absentee voting in person will begin today. Voters may stop in at the municipal office to cast a ballot Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., through March 2. Jones explained that although the town clerk’s office is closed for its usual services on Thursdays in February, voting will be available every day of the week.
Town Meeting Day is Tuesday, March 3.
Voters also may call or email to request a ballot be mailed to them to be returned by March 3. Email Jones at bjones@waterburyvt.com or Assistant Clerk Carol Dawes at cdawes@waterburyvt.com; phone is 802-244-8447.
Waterbury’s paper ballots have local elections for town positions and Harwood School Board seats. Waterbury voters also will have a ballot question regarding authorizing the Waterbury Select Board to bond for up to $4.3 million for a flood mitigation project for Randall Meadow. That is part of a grant process through which the town has been awarded $2 million to put toward that project. A public hearing about that question will be part of the select board’s Feb. 17 meeting. (See more about that issue here.)
On Town Meeting Day, Waterbury voters will be able to cast ballots from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the gym at Brookside Primary School. At 9 a.m., the annual in-person town meeting will be held, where those voters present will vote on all other town business not on the paper ballots, particularly all financial questions pertaining to the 2026 town budget.
Jones said that Waterbury town reports with details for town meeting are being printed now, and paper copies will be available soon at the municipal offices and various locations around town. Call or email the town clerk’s office to request a report by mail. An electronic version of the report in PDF format is posted on the town website.
This year’s report, which looks back on 2025, is dedicated to the new Stowe Street bridge built last year. The aerial photo on the report cover was taken by Waterbury Roundabout photographer Gordon Miller. Inside the report is a photo of the previous structure, built as a covered bridge in 1928. Find that long with Town Meeting warnings and sample ballots on the Town Clerk’s page on the town website, WaterburyVt.com, under headings for annual reports and voting/elections.
Duxbury
Duxbury Town Clerk Maureen Harvey said that paper copies of the town’s annual report have been automatically mailed to all registered voters. Additional copies are available at the town office, and the electronic version of the report in PDF form is posted on the town website on the Town Clerk & Treasurer page.
Voters may visit the town office during regular hours, Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., through March 2, to cast an early ballot. Those wishing to vote absentee also may request a ballot be mailed to them. Call 802-244-6660 or email Harvey at TownClerk@duxburyvermont.com to request a ballot by mail. All ballots must be returned by March 3.
On Town Meeting Day, Duxbury voters will decide all town business as well as elections for town and school offices by paper ballot. Voting will be set up in the now-familiar drive-through format outside the town office and town garage on Vermont Rt. 100 from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Duxbury does not hold an in-person town meeting.
