§ 2602a - Appointment of recount committee - Vermont Statutes

§ 2602a. Appointment of recount committee

(a) Upon receipt of a petition, the clerk shall notify the chairpersons of the relevant county political committees that a petition has been filed requesting a recount and advising them to submit immediately a list of nominees for individuals to serve on a recount committee. In the case of a recount in a primary election, the clerk shall notify all candidates for the office which is the subject of the recount, advising them to submit immediately a list of nominees for individuals to serve on a recount committee. If a candidate for an office which is the subject of a recount is from a party which does not have a county committee, the clerk shall send a copy of the notice to the state committee of the party advising them to submit immediately a list of nominees for individuals to serve on a recount committee. If a candidate for an office which is the subject of a recount is independent, that candidate will be sent a copy of the notice and requested to submit immediately a similar list of nominees for individuals to serve on a recount committee. If a list of nominees is not delivered to the clerk with due speed, the clerk, before the judge sets the date for the recount, shall notify the appropriate candidates that they have 24 hours to submit lists of nominees for individuals to serve on the recount committee.

(b) The superior court shall set an early date for the recount, making appointments to the recount committee from among those nominated under this section. In making these appointments, the court shall appoint an equal number of persons from each party and from those persons representing an independent candidate. After making the appointments, the court shall notify all candidates of the recount date at least five days in advance. The court shall order the town clerk or clerks having custody of the ballots to be recounted appoint two election officials who are not members of the same political party, who shall transport them to the appropriate county clerks before the day set for the recount. (Added 1985, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2009, No. 40, § 3, eff. May 26, 2009.)