§ 10. Election of State and judicial officers
(a) At 10 o’clock and 30 minutes, forenoon, on the seventh Thursday after their biennial
meeting and organization, the Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in joint
assembly and proceed therein to elect the State officers, except judicial officers,
whose election by the Constitution and laws devolves in the first instance upon them
in joint assembly, including the Sergeant at Arms and legislative trustees of the
University of Vermont and State Agricultural College. In case election of all such
officers shall not be made on that day, they shall meet in joint assembly at 10 o’clock
and 30 minutes, forenoon, on each succeeding day, Saturdays and Sundays excepted,
and proceed in such election, until all such officers are elected.
(b) At 10 o’clock and 30 minutes, forenoon, on the 11th Thursday after their biennial
meeting and organization, and on the 11th Thursday of the second year of the biennial
session, when necessary, the Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in joint
assembly and proceed therein to elect the judicial officers whose election by the
Constitution and laws devolves in the first instance upon them in joint assembly,
including Justices of the Supreme Court and judges of all subordinate courts, except
assistant judges and judges of probate. In case election of all such officers shall
not be made on that day, they shall meet in joint assembly at 10 o’clock and 30 minutes,
forenoon, on each succeeding day, Saturdays and Sundays excepted, and proceed in such
election, until all such officers are elected.
(c) At 10 o’clock and 30 minutes, forenoon, on the seventh Thursday of the second year
of the biennial session, the Senate and House of Representatives shall meet in joint
assembly and proceed therein to elect the State officers, whose election by the Constitution
and laws devolves in the first instance upon them in joint assembly, including the
legislative trustees of the Vermont State Colleges Corporation and the Adjutant and
Inspector General. In case election of all such officers shall not be made on that
day, they shall meet in joint assembly at 10 o’clock and 30 minutes, forenoon, on
each succeeding day, Saturdays and Sundays excepted, and proceed in such election,
until all such officers are elected. (Amended 1985, No. 98, § 8; 2021, No. 140 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 27, 2022.)