[1] High bailiffs are elected in each of Vermont's fourteen counties.
[4] In practice, an officeholder "rarely, if ever, does anything"; in 2016, the high bailiff of Addison County noted that it was not unusual for a person to hold the office for more than two decades without having to perform any official function.
[4] While historically the office has largely been held by members of the law enforcement community, in 2020 several candidates ran for high bailiff on a platform calling for civilian oversight of law enforcement.
[5] Three of those candidates won: former State's Attorney Bobby Sand in Windsor County, college student Asa Skinder in Washington County,[6] and attorney and drug policy reform advocate Dave Silberman in Addison County.
[1] The winner of that race was Chris Helali, a social studies teacher.