§ 2413 - Nomination of justices of the peace - Vermont Statutes

§ 2413. Nomination of justices of the peace

(a) The party members in each town, on or before the first Tuesday of September in each even numbered year, upon the call of the town committee, may meet in caucus and nominate candidates for justice of the peace. The committee shall give notice of the caucus as provided in subsection (d) of this section and the chairman and secretary shall file the statements required in sections 2385 through 2387 of this title.

(b) If it does not hold a caucus as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the town committee shall meet and nominate candidates for justices of the peace as provided in sections 2381 through 2387 of this title.

(c) In any town in which a political party has not formally organized, any three members of the party who are voters in the town may call a caucus to nominate candidates for justice of the peace by giving notice as required in subsection (d) of this section. Upon meeting, the caucus shall first elect a chairman and a secretary. Thereafter the caucus shall nominate its candidates for justice of the peace, and cause its chairman and secretary to file the statements required in sections 2385 through 2387 of this title.

(d) When a caucus is held to nominate candidates for justice of the peace, the town committee or other persons calling the caucus shall post the notice of caucus in at least three public places in the town, not less than seven days before the date of the caucus; in towns having a population of more than 1,000, they shall also publish the notice of caucus in a newspaper having general circulation in the town, not less than three days before the date of the caucus. (Added 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 36.)