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Northeast Kingdom, Vermont · The Caledonian-Record
The bi-state weekly fan poll run by The Caledonian-Record (St. Johnsbury, Vermont) covering Northeast Kingdom Vermont schools and New Hampshire North Country schools. Separate boys and girls ballots run every week of the season, free and open to the public, at caledonianrecord.com.
Where do Vermont supporters vote in The Free Press Early Boys Track and Field Athlete of the Year? At the Crowdsignal poll.fm ballot for the Vermont public-vote sport program. Confirmed edition years are 2022 and 2025. Exact window dates, organizer details, categories, eligibility, and voter limits confirm on the live ballot each cycle.
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Free weekly fan poll at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental of Vermont, recognising the top Vermont high school athlete each sports season across all VPA-member schools. No vote limit per voter. Run by the Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network).
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press / Vermont Varsity Insider (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Annual end-of-season reader vote at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental of Vermont, crowning the statewide breakout prep player per sport across all four VPA divisions. Unlimited votes, no account required. Run by the Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett).
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press / Vermont Varsity Insider (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Annual end-of-spring-season reader ballot at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental of Vermont, recognising the statewide breakout Vermont high school softball player. Unlimited votes, no account required. Run by the Burlington Free Press / Vermont Varsity Insider (USA TODAY Network / Gannett).
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press / Vermont Varsity Insider + Delta Dental
Fan-decided spring softball honor from the Burlington Free Press / Vermont Varsity Insider, powered by Delta Dental. Public ballot spotlights 13 girls-softball athletes across all four VPA divisions statewide, framed around a "breakout" performance rather than a season-long resume. 2026 window confirmed May 21-27.
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Free weekly fan vote at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental, crowning one standout boys athlete from Vermont's VPA Divisions I-IV — a ballot run fully separate from the girls poll. Confirmed voting windows in the 2025-26 season cover January, February, and May-June. No account needed.
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Free weekly fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, narrowed to the fall VPA football season across Divisions I through IV. St. Johnsbury, Burlington, Essex, and Middlebury are recurring names on the fall ballot. No account needed to vote.
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Free spring-specific fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, pulling nominees mainly from VPA track and field and lacrosse across Divisions I-IV. The most recently confirmed voting window ran May 26 through June 1, 2025. No account needed to vote at burlingtonfreepress.com.
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Free weekly fan vote at burlingtonfreepress.com, presented by Delta Dental, crowning one standout girls athlete from Vermont's VPA Divisions I-IV; run as a fully separate ballot from the boys poll, a split confirmed by distinct Yahoo Sports syndication links. Confirmed 2025-26 windows: January, February, May-June. No account needed, no vote cap.
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Free weekly fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, narrowed to fall girls sports across VPA Divisions I-IV. Field hockey drives most of the fall ballot, with girls soccer close behind. Burlington, South Burlington, Essex, Middlebury, and Bellows Falls are recurring nominee schools. No account needed to vote.
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Free spring-specific fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, run as a separate ballot from the boys spring poll. Softball pitchers and track sprinters from Burlington and South Burlington are the most frequent nominees across VPA Divisions I-IV. No account needed to vote at burlingtonfreepress.com.
Statewide Vermont · Burlington Free Press (USA TODAY Network / Gannett)
Free winter fan vote from Burlington Free Press's Vermont Varsity Insider franchise, narrowed to VPA girls basketball with skiing as the secondary feeder sport. Confirmed 2026 windows ran January 19–22 and February 23–26, both Monday-to-Thursday. Rice Memorial, Champlain Valley Union, and St. Johnsbury Academy are recurring nominee schools. No account needed to vote.
Bennington County Readers' Choice is a best-of ballot run by the Bennington Banner together with the Manchester Journal across Bennington County in southwestern Vermont. Confirmed editions run from 2021 through 2026. The 2026 voting window sits in July, and the ballot lives on the Bennington Banner's own website under its special sections area. Supporters pick local favorites across the county's business and community field, and the publisher assembles the winners into a printed supplement. Categories, day-level dates and any per-supporter voting rules come from the live ballot page itself rather than any standing publication.
Vermont Business Magazine's statewide Best of Business survey, open online from January 1 through March 1 across more than 100 B2B categories, drawing 75,000-plus votes at vermontbiz.squarespace.com/bob-awards-survey.
BFP runs a boys soccer preseason Player of the Year vote for Vermont high school sports, hosted on Crowdsignal at poll.fm. Editions ran in 2022 and 2025, and the current cycle's voting runs from August 19 through 9 p.m. on Tuesday, August 25, 2026. Nominees come from schools across Vermont, and every vote is cast on the public ballot page itself.
A preseason fan ballot for Vermont high school boys volleyball, run by BFP with the vote itself carried on a Crowdsignal page at poll.fm. Supporters pick a nominee and submit, with no account step published. Confirmed runs for this program fall in 2022 and 2025, and the 2026 voting window ran from Aug. 25 through 9 p.m. on Aug. 31. Nominees represent schools in Burlington, South Burlington, Essex and Mount Mansfield.
Where do Vermont supporters vote in BFP Football Preseason Player of the Year Ballot? At Crowdsignal (poll.fm), using the ballot at https://poll.fm/15924701. BFP is the organizer, the subject is sport, and confirmed ballot years are 2023 and 2025. Exact dates, categories, and voter rules confirm on the live ballot each cycle.
BFP runs the BFP Girls Soccer Preseason Player of the Year Ballot on Crowdsignal (poll.fm). The poll URL is https://poll.fm/15912266. Confirmed edition years shown are 2022 and 2025. Exact ballot categories and per-supporter vote limits confirm on the live ballot each cycle.
The BOB Awards are Vermont Business Magazine's business-to-business reader ballot, run on the publisher's own site for a statewide Vermont audience. VermontBiz surveys its magazine and digital subscribers from January 1st to March 1st each cycle, and the program celebrates Vermont companies in more than 100 business-to-business categories. Confirmed winner pages run from 2018 through 2024, with the 2025 survey window also documented.
The Brattleboro Reformer's annual public reader vote naming the best local businesses across Windham County and neighboring southern Vermont. One ballot, dozens of categories, results announced once a year.
Vermont high school boys basketball gets a preseason fan vote that crowns a statewide player of the year before games begin. Two confirmed editions, 2023 and 2025, are on file, and the ballot runs on Crowdsignal through poll.fm. The 2025 voting window closed at 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 10. The organizer, listed as Delta Dental Vermont H.S., has not published a category roster or a per-person voting rule.
Office Staff Council Awards Recognition is a Champlain College staff award in Burlington, Vermont. The organizer hosts the ballot on its own site. Confirmed edition years are 2024 and 2025, with a May nomination window. Exact dates, categories, vote caps, and eligibility terms are not published; confirm on the live ballot each cycle.
Rutland · Rutland Herald (New England Newspapers / vtcng.com)
Annual Rutland Herald readers-choice awards for Rutland County businesses, hosted on the SecondStreet ballot platform, with 100+ categories spanning restaurants, dental, auto, home services, contractors, and media personalities.
Seven Days' statewide reader poll for Vermont, a write-in nomination round that narrows to a June finalist ballot across 100+ categories, published each August in the "All the Best" magazine.
Stowe Reporter and News & Citizen's joint readers'-choice program, branded the 4393 Awards for Mount Mansfield's 4,393-foot summit, now in its 8th year. The 2025 edition ran as a "Readers' Choice 2025 Greater Mt. Mansfield Area" supplement covering Stowe, Morrisville, and Hyde Park businesses.
Annual Barre Montpelier Times Argus readers-choice awards for Washington County, Vermont businesses, run on the SecondStreet ballot platform across 80-plus categories, with the 2025 cycle voting April 16 through May 14.
Vermont Weddings Magazine's annual reader-vote awards for the state's wedding-vendor industry, with one confirmed category, Party Animals, alongside others, and a strong commercial pull since vendors treat a win as ongoing marketing.
VBRA's people's choice vote for the Burlington-metro Parade of Homes, covering new-construction and remodeling entries across Chittenden County at bhavermont.com/voting, with vote counts and exact dates set by the association each cycle.
The Humane Society of Chittenden County runs this dog photo fundraiser from South Burlington, Vermont. The 2025 cycle accepted dog photos and public votes from August 26 through September 30, 2025, hosted on GoGo Photo Contest. Each entry cost $10 and every vote cost $1, with proceeds supporting the shelter's work. The 2025 edition was the second; the program has confirmed editions in 2024 and 2025.
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