Vermont Statutes
Chapter 11 - Union School Districts
§ 723. Decision to vote by Australian ballot

§ 723. Decision to vote by Australian ballot
(a) If a union school district’s articles of agreement do not provide that the election of board members or district officers, budget votes, or votes on other public questions shall proceed by Australian ballot, then the voters of a union school district may vote to do so at any annual or special meeting of the union school district where the question has been duly warned.
(b) Any category of vote to be taken by Australian ballot shall proceed in this manner in all towns within or member districts of a union school district.
(c) If voting in a unified union school district proceeds by Australian ballot, then the provisions of sections 739–742 (vote by Australian ballot) of this chapter shall apply to all votes taken by Australian ballot.
(d) If voting in a union elementary or union high school district proceeds by Australian ballot, then the voters shall also determine whether the ballots shall be commingled prior to counting total votes cast by Australian ballot in the union district.
(1) If the voters determine that the ballots shall not be commingled for counting in this manner, then the board of civil authority of each town within the union elementary or union high school district shall count the ballots cast in that town and report that town’s results to the clerk of the union elementary or union high school district, who shall calculate the total votes cast within the district and report the total result to the public.
(2) If the voters determine that the ballots shall be commingled for counting, then the ballots shall be deposited in separate ballot boxes at each polling location and the provisions of sections 757–759 (vote by Australian ballot) of this chapter shall apply.
(e) The vote on whether to proceed by Australian ballot shall be taken by paper ballot.
(f) Unless clearly inconsistent, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 shall apply to actions taken under this section. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 16 - Education

Chapter 11 - Union School Districts

§ 701. Policy

§ 702. Definitions

§ 703. Application of other laws and articles of agreement

§ 706. Proposal to form study committee; budget and membership

§ 707. Approval of study budget; appointment of study committee; participation

§ 708. Study committee; necessary and advisable districts; contents of study committee report and proposed articles; dissolution of committee

§ 709. Review by local school district boards; consideration and approval by State Board of Education

§ 710. Vote to form union school district

§ 711. Vote to elect initial members of the union school district board

§ 712. Contents of warning on votes to establish the union school district and elect the initial members of the union school district board

§ 713. Certification of votes; designation of district as union school district; recording by Secretary of State

§ 714. Initial members of union school district board; tallying of at-large votes; oath of office and assumption of duties

§ 715. Organizational meeting; notice; business to be transacted

§ 716. Transition to full operations

§ 717. Dissolution, reorganization, and discontinuation of forming districts

§ 718. Transfer of real property to town in which it is located

§ 719. Supervisory union; supervisory district

§ 721. Joining an existing union school district

§ 722. Amendments to articles of agreement

§ 723. Decision to vote by Australian ballot

§ 724. Withdrawal from or dissolution of a unified union school district

§ 725. Withdrawal from or dissolution of a union elementary or union high school district

§ 729. Board members; term; conduct of meetings; quorum and voting; powers and duties

§ 730. Unified union school district board members; nomination and election; bond

§ 731. Vacancy on unified union school district board

§ 732. Unified union school district budget; preparation and authorization

§ 733. Annual report; data

§ 735. Officers; election; term; vacancy; bond

§ 736. Officers; powers, duties, and liabilities

§ 737. Warnings of unified union school district meetings

§ 738. Checklist for union district meetings where voting is conducted from the floor

§ 739. Conduct of vote if by Australian ballot

§ 740. Preparation and form of Australian ballot

§ 741. Counting of Australian ballots

§ 742. Commingling and reporting of all votes cast by Australian Ballot and from the floor

§ 743. Bond issues; debt limit

§ 745. Definitions

§ 747. Board members; term; conduct of meetings; quorum and voting; powers and duties

§ 748. Union elementary and union high school district board members; nomination and election; bond

§ 749. Vacancy on union elementary or union high school district board

§ 750. Union elementary or union high school district budget; preparation and authorization

§ 751. Annual report; data

§ 753. Officers; election; term; vacancy; bond

§ 754. Officers; powers, duties, and liabilities

§ 755. Warnings of union elementary and union high school district meetings

§ 756. Union district meetings conducted from the floor

§ 757. Conduct of vote if by Australian ballot

§ 758. Preparation and form of Australian ballot

§ 759. Counting and reporting results of vote by Australian ballot

§ 760. Bond issues; debt limit

§ 763. Ratification; articles of agreement; application of chapter

§ 764. Secretary of State; recording certificates