Vermont Statutes
Chapter 55 - Local Elections
§ 2682. Process of voting; appointments

§ 2682. Process of voting; appointments
(a) Election expenses shall be assumed by the municipality.
(b) Returns shall be filed with the town clerk.
(c) In a municipal election controlled by this subchapter, the person receiving the greatest number of votes for an office shall be declared elected to that office and a certificate of election need not be issued.
(d) In the event no person files a petition for an office that is to be filled at the annual or special meeting of a municipality, and if no person is otherwise elected to fill the office, a majority of the legislative body of the municipality may appoint a voter of the municipality to fill the office until the next annual meeting.
(e) [Repealed.]
(f) When the same number of persons are nominated for any town office as there are positions to be filled, the presiding officer may declare the whole slate of candidates elected without making individual tallies, provided each person on the slate has more votes than the largest number of write-in votes for any one write-in candidate. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 111; 2007, No. 54, § 14; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 53.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 17 - Elections

Chapter 55 - Local Elections

§ 2630. Applicability

§ 2631. Municipal charters

§ 2640. Annual meetings

§ 2640a. Representative annual meetings

§ 2641. Warning and notice required; publication of warnings

§ 2642. Warning and notice contents

§ 2643. Special meetings

§ 2644. Warnings

§ 2645. Charters; adoption, repeal, or amendment; procedure

§ 2645a. Chartered municipalities; vote to suspend charter authority and rely on general municipal law

§ 2646. Town officers; qualification; election

§ 2646a. Town officers; town vote to allow election of nonresidents

§ 2647. Incompatible offices

§ 2648. Exceptions

§ 2649. Number of officers

§ 2650. Additional listers and selectboard members

§ 2651. Road and water commissioners; appointment, removal

§ 2651a. Constables; appointment; removal; elimination of office

§ 2651b. Elimination of office of auditor; appointment of public accountant

§ 2651c. Lack of elected lister; appointment of lister; elimination of office

§ 2651d. Collector of delinquent taxes; appointment; removal

§ 2651e. Municipal clerk; appointment; removal

§ 2651f. Municipal treasurer; appointment; removal

§ 2652. Road and water commissioners

§ 2653. Acceptance of office

§ 2654. Refusal to serve

§ 2655. Time of meeting

§ 2656. Qualification and registration of voters

§ 2657. Moderator

§ 2658. Duties

§ 2659. Preservation of order

§ 2660. Conduct of election

§ 2661. Reconsideration or rescission of vote

§ 2662. Validation of municipal meetings

§ 2663. Certificate of vote

§ 2664. Budget

§ 2665. Notification to Secretary of State

§ 2666. Improper influence

§ 2667. Access to annual meeting

§ 2680. Australian ballot system; general

§ 2681. Nominations; petitions; consents

§ 2681a. Local election ballots

§ 2682. Process of voting; appointments

§ 2682a. Write-in candidates

§ 2682b. Tie votes for local office

§ 2683. Request for a recount; candidates

§ 2684. Time and place of recount; notice

§ 2685. Conduct of recount

§ 2685a. Procedure for recount

§ 2686. Declaration of result

§ 2687. Appeal to Superior Court

§ 2688. Recount on question submitted

§ 2689. Preservation of ballots