Tuesday 1 March 2016: Vermont Primary. Hours 5:00a-7:00p EST (1000-0000 UTC). Polls may open as early as 5:00a and no later than 10:00a as set by the Board of Civil Authority. Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-Most Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.

Primary
Source: 2016 Vermont Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 24 April 2016.
Included in Nationwide vote.

Tuesday 1 March 2016: All 16 of Vermont's delegates to the Republican National Convention are bound to presidential contenders in today's Presidential Primary. [Rules of the Vermont Republican State Committee, Rule 11. i.]

• If one candidate receives 50% or more of the statewide vote, that candidate receives all 16 delegates.
• Otherwise, the statewide delegates are proportionally bound to those candidates receiving at least 20% of the statewide vote. If no candidate receives 20%, the threshold is 15%. If no candidate receives 15%, the threshold is 10%.
• Fractional delegates will be rounded to the nearest whole number. If rounding results in too many delegates (more than 16), the excess delegates will be subtracted from the candidate who received the fewest votes of all candidates entitled to delegates. If rounding results in too few delegates (less than 16), the additional delegates will be added to the candidate who received the most votes.

Primary
Source: 2016 Vermont Secretary of State.
Status: Official. Retrieved: Sunday 24 April 2016.

Trump: 16 delegates × 19,974 ÷ 38,508 = 8.299 delegates. Round to 8.
Kasich: 16 delegates × 18,534 ÷ 38,508 = 7.701 delegates. Round to 8.

Delegates ... to the Republican National Convention shall be bound in the first ballot .... Delegates ... shall be released if their candidate is not placed into nomination ... suspends his or her campaign, or withdraws. [Rules of the Vermont Republican State Committee. Rule 11. i.]

Circa April 2016 (date not set): Republican Town Caucuses meet for the purpose of electing delegates to the State Presidential Nominating Convention. [Rules of the Vermont Republican State Committee, Rule 11.d.]

Saturday 21 May 2016 (presumably): State Convention. National Convention Delegates are are elected according to the results of the primary. [17 VSA Section 2715]

H.115, introduced by Representative Christopher Pearson (Progressive) on 3 February 2015, would require rank choice voting for military or overseas voters in presidential primaries.

This bill proposes to require the Secretary of State to prepare separate ballots in presidential primaries for military or overseas voters to enable these voters – who by federal law must receive their ballots 45 days in advance of the election - to rank their choice of 10 candidates in case a candidate withdraws by the time of the election.

S.76, introduced by state Senator Anthony Pollina (Progressive) on 10 February 2015, would move the Vermont Presidential Primary from the 1st Tuesday in March to the same day as the New Hampshire Presidential Primary.

HB.239, introduced by state Representative Sam Young (Democratic) on 18 February 2015, would also move the Vermont Presidential Primary from the 1st Tuesday in March to the same day as the New Hampshire Presidential Primary.