Sheriff Election — Franklin County, Vermont
Franklin Sheriff · the arena · the northwest hires this desk · not Burlington
This is Side Two
This page is the arena for this office, this cycle. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. St. Albans as shire, City versus Town, and the border are taught at Franklin County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
When the northwest border hires
Four years (Chapter II, § 50). Takes office 1 February. Last regular 2022. SOS lists Sheriff for 2026. Primary 11 August 2026. General Tuesday, 3 November 2026. Take-office after a regular 2026 win: 1 February 2027.
A border checkpoint does not rewrite the sheriff year. Chittenden and Grand Isle hire their own sheriffs. The Governor’s two-year desk is not this hire.
County-office petitions: 100 signatures, major-party filing with the county clerk. Vermont mails the general ballot by October 1 — vote.vermont.gov. Polls close 7 p.m. Confirm on the Secretary of State.
Sample ballot wins
Do not take names from a railroad-town rumor or a border anecdote.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Secretary of State
- Vermont Voter Portal
- Current Sheriff of record — official Franklin County Sheriff’s Department site
- City and town clerks from St. Albans to Richford
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring
You are hiring the Sheriff of Franklin County — civil process from Georgia to Richford, court security in St. Albans, transport toward DOC in Swanton that remains DOC. You are not hiring St. Albans Police. You are not hiring CBP. You are not hiring the Chittenden County Sheriff. You are not hiring the Governor. Read the office page first.
Rights, remedy, relief, service, due process
Papers honestly. Courthouse without a circus. Transport without a shortcut. Remedy is official doors and courts. Relief in a Missisquoi flood is this count first. Equal protection from Fairfax to Richford.