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Subchapter
002
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TOWN MEETINGS AND LOCAL ELECTIONS IN GENERAL
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2640)
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§ 2640. Annual meetings
(a) A meeting of the legal voters of each town shall be held annually on the first Tuesday
of March for the election of officers and the transaction of other business, and it
may be adjourned to another date. When a municipality fails to hold an annual meeting,
a warning for a subsequent meeting shall be issued immediately, and at that meeting
all the officers required by law may be elected and its business transacted.
(b)(1) When a town so votes, it may thereafter start its annual meeting on any of the three
days immediately preceding the first Tuesday in March at such time as it elects and
may transact at that time any business not involving voting by Australian ballot or
voting required by law to be by ballot and to be held on the first Tuesday in March.
A meeting so started shall be adjourned until the first Tuesday in March.
(2) An informational meeting held in the three days preceding the first Tuesday in March
pursuant to this subsection shall be video recorded and a copy of the recording shall
be posted in a designated electronic location within 24 hours until the results of
the annual meeting have been certified.
(c)(1) Notwithstanding section 2508 of this title, public discussion of ballot issues and all other issues appearing in the warning,
other than election of candidates, shall be permitted at the annual meeting, regardless
of the location of the polling place.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection, a candidate
for local office nominated from the floor at the annual meeting may introduce his
or her candidacy to the extent permitted by the voters at the meeting. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1991, No. 118 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. Feb. 26, 1992; 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 45; 2017, No. 50, § 49; 2023, No. 133 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. July 1, 2024.)