Essex Junction Election Results

April 10, 2024
CITY OF ESSEX JUNCTION - OFFICIAL RESULTS - ANNUAL MEETING on APRIL 09, 2024 

Number of Voters on Checklist - 8,008
Number of Early/Absentee Ballots - 1,994
Number of Voters checked in on Checklist - 2,378
Number of defective ballots - 1
Total Number of Voted Ballots (includes early/Absentee) - 2,377 

ARTICLE 1. Shall the voters approve an annual General Fund Budget in the amount of $12,004,124 for fiscal year July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, $11,110,346 which is to be levied in taxes against the City Grand list? 

Yes: 1293 

No: 958 

Blank Votes: 126 

ARTICLE 2. Shall the voters of the City of Essex Junction set the property tax exemption for disabled veterans at Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), as allowed by 32 § 3802(11)(C), said exemption to remain in effect for future taxable years until amended or repealed by the voters? 

Yes: 1931 

No: 327

Blank Votes: 119 

ARTICLE 3. Shall the voters approve extending the one cent Capital Improvement tax (also known as Economic Development tax), as established in 2016, to be reconsidered at annual meeting in 2027. 

Yes: 1617 

No: 642

Blank Votes: 118 

ARTICLE 4. Shall the voters approve holding the 2025 Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at which time the voters shall vote by Australian ballot for the election of officers, the voting on the City budget, and any other business included in the warning for the meeting? 

Yes: 1939 

No: 301

Blank Votes: 137 

ARTICLE 5. To elect City officers required by law including: Moderator (one-year term); two City Council members (three-year terms); two Library Trustee (one three-year term and one five-year term)? 

*Elected 

Moderator 1 one-year term 

Steven Eustis - 1883*

Write-ins - 30

Blank Votes - 464

City Council 2 Three-year terms 

Jeetan Khadka - 805 

Timothy Miller - 1010*

Jason Struthers - 426

Amber Thibeault - 1488*

Write-ins - 25

Blank Votes - 1000

Library Trustee 1 three-year term 

Karen Hergesheimer - 1879*

Write-ins - 33

Blank Votes - 465 

Library Trustee 1 five-year term 

Beth Custer (write-in) 70*

Write-ins - 152 

Blank Votes - 2155 

*Elected 

Attest: Susan McNamara-Hill, City Clerk