Sheriff Election — Orange County, Vermont
Orange Sheriff · the arena · this map hires this desk · not a statewide two-year race
This is Side Two
This page is the arena for this office, this cycle. Unique teaching for the job lives on the office twin. Chelsea as shire and the law-school-is-Windsor fact are taught at Orange County.
It is not a campaign. Names belong on the official sample ballot. No crown.
When the tiny shire 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 Randolph town race is a town race. Windsor hires a different Sheriff. 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 fairground rumor or a campus thread in the next county.
- Official candidate list / sample ballot — Secretary of State
- Vermont Voter Portal
- Current Sheriff of record — official Orange County Sheriff’s Department site
- town clerks from Chelsea to Bradford
If a site and the official sample ballot disagree, the sample ballot wins.
What you are hiring
You are hiring the Sheriff of Orange County — civil process from Thetford to Braintree, court security in Chelsea, transport toward DOC houses in other counties. You are not hiring the Windsor 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. Equal protection from Newbury to Brookfield. Relief in a Bradford flood is this count first.