STATE STATUTES & CODES

VERMONT STATUTES AND CODES

Chapter 51 - CONDUCT OF ELECTIONS (Contains: §§ 2451 – 2617)

• § 2451 -   Board of civil authority
• § 2452 -   Presiding officer
• § 2453 -   Duties of presiding officer
• § 2454 -   Assistant election officers
• § 2455 -   Duties of election officials
• § 2456 -   Disqualifications
• § 2457 -   Workshops and information for election officials
• § 2458 -   Complaint procedure
• § 2471 -   General election ballot
• § 2472 -   Contents
• § 2473 -   Provisions relative to presidential election
• § 2474 -   Choice of party
• § 2475 -   Death or withdrawal of candidate
• § 2476 -   Repealed. 1985, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.
• § 2477 -   Repealed. 2003, No. 94 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.
• § 2478 -   Number of paper ballots to be printed and furnished
• § 2479 -   Manner of distribution
• § 2480 -   Substitute ballots
• § 2481 -   2481, 2482. Repealed. 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 120.
• § 2491 -   Political subdivision may use voting machines
• § 2492 -   Legislative branch to obtain voting machines
• § 2493 -   Rules for use of voting machines
• § 2494 -   Construction with other laws
• § 2495 -   Form of ballot
• § 2496 -   Repealed. 1999, No. 2, § 2.
• § 2497 -   2497, 2498. Repealed. 2001, No. 5, § 6.
• § 2499 -   Miscellaneous requirements for voting machines
• § 2501 -   Determining districts
• § 2502 -   Location of polling places
• § 2503 -   Repealed. 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 120.
• § 2504 -   Voting booths
• § 2505 -   Guardrail
• § 2506 -   Ballot boxes; signs for depositing ballots
• § 2507 -   Distribution of checklists
• § 2508 -   Campaigning during polling hours; voter access
• § 2509 -   Repealed. 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 45, eff. July 1, 1982.
• § 2521 -   Warnings and notices
• § 2522 -   Sample ballots
• § 2523 -   Posting at polling place on election day
• § 2531 -   Application for early voter absentee ballot
• § 2532 -   Applications; form
• § 2532a -   Mobile polling stations
• § 2533 -   Notification of invalid application
• § 2534 -   List of early or absentee voters
• § 2535 -   Form of early voter absentee ballots and envelopes
• § 2536 -   Furnishing early voter absentee ballot envelopes
• § 2537 -   Early or absentee voting in the town clerk's office
• § 2538 -   Delivery of ballots by justices of the peace
• § 2539 -   Mailing of early voter absentee ballots; permanently disabled voters
• § 2540 -   Instructions to be sent with ballots
• § 2541 -   Marking of ballots
• § 2542 -   Signing certificate
• § 2543 -   Return of ballots
• § 2544 -   Repealed. 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 120.
• § 2545 -   Receipt of marked ballots by town clerk; delivery to election officers
• § 2546 -   Deposit of early voter absentee ballots in ballot box
• § 2547 -   Defective ballots
• § 2548 -   Voting in person
• § 2549 -   Use of federal war ballot
• § 2550 -   Early or absentee voters deemed 'present and voting'
• § 2555 -   Provisional ballot envelopes
• § 2556 -   Provisional voting
• § 2557 -   Town clerk approval of provisional voter attestation
• § 2561 -   Hours of voting; extended hours
• § 2562 -   Presiding officer to assign duties to election officials
• § 2563 -   Admitting voter
• § 2564 -   Challenges
• § 2565 -   Delivery of ballots
• § 2566 -   Marking ballots
• § 2567 -   Registering votes on voting machines
• § 2568 -   Spoiled and unused ballots
• § 2569 -   Assistance to voter
• § 2570 -   Depositing ballots
• § 2571 -   Checking voter's name upon leaving
• § 2572 -   Viewing of the checklist
• § 2573 -   No counting before polls close
• § 2581 -   Closing polls
• § 2582 -   Presiding officer to direct count; transporting ballots or checklist
• § 2583 -   Official checklist to be tallied
• § 2584 -   Opening of ballot boxes; distribution of ballots
• § 2585 -   Ballots not to be written upon
• § 2586 -   Secretary of state to prepare forms
• § 2587 -   Rules for counting ballots
• § 2588 -   Filing returns
• § 2589 -   Identifying ballots
• § 2590 -   Securing and storing ballots, tally sheets, and checklists
• § 2591 -   Return not received
• § 2592 -   Canvassing committees; canvass of votes in general or special elections
• § 2593 -   Participation to be entered on statewide checklist by town clerk
• § 2601 -   Recounts
• § 2602 -   Procedure for recounts
• § 2602a -   Appointment of recount committee
• § 2602b -   Assignment of duties
• § 2602c -   Preparation for recount
• § 2602d -   Examination of checklists
• § 2602e -   Sorting of ballots
• § 2602f -   First tally
• § 2602g -   Second tally
• § 2602h -   Completing the tally
• § 2602i -   Costs
• § 2602j -   Other rules for conducting the recount
• § 2602k -   After the recount
• § 2602l -   Recounts using voting machines
• § 2603 -   Contest of elections
• § 2604 -   Repealed. 1985, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.
• § 2605 -   House of representatives
• § 2606 -   Senate
• § 2607 -   Canvassing committee
• § 2616 -   Jurisdiction to prosecute criminal offenses
• § 2617 -   Jurisdiction of superior courts