§ 2702 - Nominating petition - Vermont Statutes

§ 2702. Nominating petition

The name of any person shall be printed upon the primary ballot as a candidate for nomination by any major political party if petitions signed by at least one thousand voters in accordance with sections 2353, 2354 and 2358 of this title are filed with the secretary of state, together with the written consent of the person to the printing of the person's name on the ballot. Petitions shall be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the third Monday of January preceding the primary election. The petition shall be in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. A person's name shall not be listed as a candidate on the primary ballot of more than one party in the same election. Each petition shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $2,000.00 to be paid to the secretary of state and deposited by the secretary of state into the general fund. However, if the petition of a candidate is accompanied by the affidavit of the candidate, which shall be available for public inspection, that the candidate and the candidate's campaign committee are without sufficient funds to pay the filing fee, the secretary of state shall waive all but $300.00 of the payment of the filing fee by that candidate. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1980; amended 1995, No. 38, § 3.)