Town Meeting

Vermont Town Meeting Day is the first Tuesday in March. Citizens come together to discuss and vote on the business of our small mountain town. For over 200 years, Town Meeting Day has been an important political event as Vermonters elect local officials and decide on budgets. It is also a time for neighbors to discuss the civic problems and issues of our community that we face collectively.

Town Meeting was March 4, 2024 and our Local Election was March 5, 2024

Click here for the minutes from the March 4, 2024 Annual Town Meeting.

Click here for the minutes from the March 4, 2024 Annual Lincoln School District Meeting.

Click here for the warning and notice to voters for the Town Meeting and Local Election on March 4 & 5, 2024.

Click here for the warning and notice to voters for the Lincoln School District Annual Meeting and election of officers on March 4 & 5, 2024.

Click here for a list of candidates in the Vermont Presidential Primary Election. Polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at Burnham Hall, 52 East River Road, on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Click here for a copy of our Town Report for this year's town meeting. These were distributed in the mail. If you did not receive one, please stop by the Town Office to pick one up, and help us update our mailing list.

2023 Lincoln Town Meeting Information

Town Meeting this year in Lincoln was on Monday, March 6, 2023 at 6:00 p.m., at Burnham Hall. Town Officials were elected by Australian ballot on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 at Burnham Hall.

Click for election results.

Click for a video recording of the March 6, 2023 Lincoln Town Meeting. Thank you to NEAT TV for providing this service.

2023 Town Meeting Warning

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Town Reports & Town Meeting Minutes

To view town meeting warnings, minutes, video recordings, and town reports, click here: Documents and Forms page

Town Meeting Access for Persons with Disabilities

The entrances to Burnham Hall for Town Meeting are the basement doors on both sides of the building. The entrance on the Southeast side of Burnham Hall is also a drive-up handicapped entrance, accessible via the U-shaped driveway. Voters with limited mobility are encouraged to use this drive-up entrance. For traffic safety, please enter the driveway at the end nearest the building, and exit back onto the road at the end farthest from the building, where there is better visibility for oncoming traffic. An elevator is located off the hallway between the bathrooms downstairs. This elevator will take you to the second floor where town meeting is held. Please contact the Town Clerk or a Board of Civil Authority member if you have questions or need assistance.

Nominations, Petitions for Candidate for Office

Nominations of the Town officers shall be by petition. The petition shall be filled with the town clerk, together with a completed consent of candidate form, no later than 5:00 p.m., on the sixth Monday preceding the day of the election. **(This year the legal deadline wiil be Jan. 29, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.) 17 V.S.A. 2681(a)(1)(A)

The petition shall contain valid signatures of voters of the municipality, of at least 1% of the number of registered voters. 17 V.S.A. 2681(b)

A person consenting to be nominated may withdraw by notifying the Town Clerk in writing no later than 5:00 p.m. on the Wednesday after the filing deadline. 17 V.S.A. 2681(d)

**We appreciate it if you can submit your paperwork a week or two earlier, so we have time to get the candidate information into our town report. Please contact your town clerk for assistance.