Town Meeting General Information

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 tradition for Vermonters to elect local officials and decide on budgets. It is also a time for neighbors to discuss the civic problems and issues which our community faces together. The ideas we share, help to guide our elected officials' work. Every registered voter has a voice during our annual meeting. When you attend, you will not be an audience, you will be a voting member of the assembly. Please join us!

November 4, 2025 Special Town Meeting

There was a special Town and School District Meeting which made some big changes to our annual meetings. ATTENTION, NEW IN 2026: Lincoln voters have changed the date of our annual meetings to 10 a.m. on the Saturday preceding the first Tuesday in March. In 2026, that will be February 28 at Burnham Hall. The annual meeting is for in-person voting on budgets and public questions. ALSO NEW: At our floor meetings, Lincoln voters will be using a new electronic voting system. These electronic "clickers" aim to provide a more efficient, private, and accurate vote count. The clickers are for the in-person voting only. Here are more details.

Childcare during Annual Town Meeting

Childcare is available during Lincoln's annual Town Meeting. Contact the Town Clerk at (802) 453-4501 to sign up and get details about where to drop off your child.

I need a ride to Town Meeting

Contact your Town Clerk, if you need a ride to Town Meeting. (802) 453-4501

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 entrance, accessible via the U-shaped driveway. Voters with limited mobility are encouraged to use this drive-up entrance and nearby parking spaces. 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.** 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.