Calais Town Meeting

*ELECTION RESULTS: WCUUSD*

Michelle Ksepka was elected to the WCUUSD board as a Calais representative.

One opening remains - please contact the Town Office if you are interested in serving on the WCUUSD school board!

The budget for the Washington Central Unified Union School District did not pass. The results for the entire district were:
NO    1,884
YES  1,360

All of the ballots for the district are run through the tabulator together at one time, so there is no information on the results from individual towns.

The school district will need to adjust their budget and hold another vote in the coming months.

*ELECTION RESULTS: TOWN BALLOT*

For full list of articles and voting results, click to open the Town Meeting Results document.

Every Article on the Town Warning passed, with no amendments.

Below are the results from Calais Australian ballots:

Article 2:   Land Use and Development Regulations

YES:  379

NO:   138

Article 22:  Road Grader Bond

YES:  475

NO:   83

Anne Winchester, Selectboard: 471 (uncontested)

Jamie Moorby, Selectboard:  481 (uncontested)

Donny Mucherino, Selectboard: 453 (uncontested)

Wilson Huges, Listers: 459 (uncontested)

*ELECTION RESULTS: PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY*

Presidential Democrat:  Joe Biden  189

Presidential Democrat: Marianne Williamson  11

Presidential Republican:  Nikki Haley  91

Presidential Republican:  Donald Trump 32

All other candidates received fewer than 3 votes

We do not yet have the school district results; each school district will post their own election results.

By all accounts, the 2024 Calais Town Meeting was a huge success!  It was well attended with robust informative, educational, and relevant discussion.  Thank you to everyone who participated, including elected and appointed Town Officials, election volunteers, Town Office Staff, Friends of Calais, Community Connections, Calais Elementary custodians, everyone who contributed to Town Lunch (which raised $527 for Friends of Calais), and YOU, the voters of Calais!

The 2024 Calais Town Meeting will take place at the Calais Elementary School, 321 Lightening Ridge Road, on March 5 from 9:30 am until finish. Voting by Australian ballot will take place at the Calais Elementary School from 7:00 am until 7:00 pm.

PLEASE BRING ANY BALLOTS THAT WERE MAILED TO YOU TO THE POLLING PLACE.

If you do not bring the ballots that were mailed to you, you will be required to sign an affidavit affirming that you are not voting more than once for any election before we can provide you with new ballots. 

Lunch will be provided by the Friends of Calais; if you would like to contribute a dish or volunteer to help, please email barbarabutlervt@gmail.com.

Childcare will be available at no cost for parents attending Calais Town Meeting from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. Registration is required; forms are available at CES or through Community Connections. For more information, contact CES Administrative Assistant Danielle Barclay at 454-7777, dbarclay@u32.org; or Community Connections Coordinator Kim Bolduc at 223-7936, ext. 305, kbolduc@u32.org.

The Calais Town Office encourages early voting prior to election day.

Update, February 28: Please do not mail your ballots to the Town Office at this point. Due to the unreliable speed of the mail system, we request that you drop off your ballots in our Town Office drop box by midnight March 4, 2024 or bring them to the polling place at Town Meeting between 7:00 am and 7:00 pm.