§ 2474 - Choice of party - Vermont Statutes

§ 2474. Choice of party

(a) A person nominated by any means for the same office by more than one political party, not later than the second Friday following the primary election may elect the party or parties in which the nominee will be a candidate. The nominee shall notify in writing the secretary of state or town clerk, as the case may be, of such choice, and only the party or parties which the nominee so elects shall be printed next to the nominee's name on the ballot.

(b) A candidate for state or congressional office who is the nominee of two or more political parties shall file with the secretary of state, not later than the second Friday following the primary election, a statement designating for which party the votes cast for him or her shall be counted for the purposes of determining whether his or her designated party shall be a major political party. The party so designated shall be the first party to be printed immediately after the candidate's name on the ballot. If a candidate does not file the statement before the second Friday following the primary, the secretary of state shall designate by lot the party to be printed immediately after the candidate's name. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2003, No. 59, § 19.)