Vermont Statutes
Chapter 55 - Local Elections
§ 2683. Request for a recount; candidates

§ 2683. Request for a recount; candidates
(a) A candidate for local office may request a recount by filing a request in writing with the municipal clerk within 10 days after the election.
(b) If the difference between the number of votes cast for a winning candidate and the number of votes cast for a losing candidate is five percent or less of the total votes cast for all the candidates for an office, divided by the number of persons to be elected, that losing candidate shall have the right to have the votes for that office recounted. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 112; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 56; 2017, No. 50, § 57.)

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