The ACLU is nonpartisan and doesn’t endorse political candidates. But we do encourage — strongly — people to vote. Voting is a fundamental right. But like any right, it needs to be exercised to have any value. Polls for Vermont’s primary election on Tuesday, Aug. 24, open between 5 and 10 a.m. (local officials decide when); all must close at 7 p.m. The Secretary of State’s office has a chart showing polling hours by town.