The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
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CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES
(Cite as: 10 V.S.A. § 719)
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§ 719. Elections
After the issuance of a certificate by the Secretary of State certifying to the organization
of a natural resources conservation district, nominating petitions shall be filed
with the districts and shall be submitted to the Council once the nominee is approved
by the districts as defined in section 720 of this title, who shall be qualified voters as hereinafter specified. No such nominating petition
shall be accepted unless it shall be subscribed to by 25 or more owners of land lying
within the boundaries of the district. Landowners may sign more than one nominating
petition to nominate more than one candidate for supervisor. The names of all nominees
shall appear, arranged in the alphabetical order of the surnames, upon ballots with
a square before each name and a direction to insert an X mark in the square before
one name to indicate the voter’s choice. Only landowners shall be eligible to vote.
The candidates who shall receive the largest number of the votes cast in the election
shall be the elected supervisors for the districts. The Council shall pay all the
expenses, supervise, prescribe rules, determine eligibility of voters, and publish
the results of all elections. (Amended 1959, No. 329 (Adj. Sess.), § 11(c), eff. March 1, 1961; 1963, No. 79, § 1(b), eff. May 7, 1963; 1967, No. 303 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. March 22, 1968; 1995, No. 163 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 15, 1996; 2019, No. 14, § 16, eff. April 30, 2019.)