Essex Junction Election Results
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as allowed by 32 § 3802(11)(C), said exemption to remain in effect for future taxable years until amended or repealed by the voters?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