Secretary of State Jim Condos chaired the statewide canvassing committee for the Presidential Democratic and Republican Parties at 128 State Street, Montpelier, on Tuesday and released the official presidential primary results. Secretary Condos provided copies of the Official Report of the Canvassing Committee for the Presidential Primary Election for the Republican and Democratic candidates. The results are provided on a town by county basis for the Presidential Primary.
The statewide canvassing committee membership is set by state law as the chair of each major party, or his or her designee, and the Secretary of State. In attendance this morning were Jim Condos, Secretary of State; Jake Perkinson, Democratic Party Chair; Morgan Daybell, designee for Martha Abbot, Progressive Party Chair; and Marty Searight, designee for Jack Lindley, Republican Party Chair.
The total votes counted in both parties for the president was 103,264 for a 23% voter turnout. There were 41,519 votes cast in the Democratic Primary with 40,156 votes for Barack Obama. There were 61,537 votes cast in the Republican Primary with 23,955 (39.5%) votes for Mitt Romney.
Democratic Ballot Barack Obama 40,156 98.4%
Republican Ballot Newt Gingrich 4,937 8.1%
Jon Huntsman 1,195 2.0%
Ron Paul 15,343 25.3%
Rick Perry 543 0.9%
Mitt Romney 23,955 39.5%
Rick Santorum 14,345 23.6%
The Canvassing Committee members signed a Certificate of Greatest Number of Votes for Barack Obama in the Democratic Primary. The Canvassing Committee members signed a Certificate of Greatest Number of Votes for Mitt Romney in the Republican Primary. The certificates recited that it is the understanding of the Canvassing Committee members that delegates to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions will be bound according to party rules.
The Democratic National Primary is scheduled for September 4-6. The Republican National Convention is scheduled for August 27-30.
Source: Vermont Secretary of State. 3.13.2012