§ 2602h - Completing the tally - Vermont Statutes

§ 2602h. Completing the tally

(a) After the totals for a polling place have been listed, the clerk shall add them up in the presence of the clerk observer team, and shall compare the number with the number of voters who voted at that polling place, according to the number obtained from the team that examined the certified checklist. If these numbers differ, the clerk shall note the amount of the difference on the summary sheets for that polling place.

(b) The clerk shall return all ballots to the container, seal it, record the seal number on the summary sheet, write "recounted" and specify the date of the recount on the tag, and move it to the other side of the room, making sure that there is never more than one bag open at any one time.

(c) This procedure shall be repeated for each container, until the results from a polling place have been recounted, and then it shall be repeated until the results from all polling places in a town have been recounted, and then until the results from all towns have been recounted.

(d) The clerk shall add the totals on each summary sheet, affix the clerk's seal and send the summary sheets for all polling places together with the master list and any questionable ballots to the court by certified mail, return receipt requested, or shall certify the results to the judge. (Added 1985, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)