The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 13 : Crimes and Criminal Procedure

Chapter 085 : Weapons

Subchapter 001 : GENERALLY

• § 4027. Polling places; firearms prohibited

  (a)(1) A person shall not knowingly possess a firearm at a polling place or on the walks leading to a building in which a polling place is located on an election day.

  (2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall apply to the town clerk’s office during any period when a board of civil authority has voted to permit early voting pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2546b(a)(1).

  (b) A person who violates this section shall be imprisoned not more than one year or fined not more than $1,000.00, or both.

  (c) This section shall not apply to:

  (1) a firearm carried for legitimate law enforcement purposes by a federal law enforcement officer or a law enforcement officer certified as a law enforcement officer by the Vermont Criminal Justice Council pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 2358;

  (2) a firearm carried by a person while preforming the person’s official duties as an employee of the United States; a department or agency of the United States; a state; or a department, agency, or political subdivision of a state if the person is authorized to carry a firearm as part of the person’s official duties; or

  (3) a firearm stored in a motor vehicle.

  (d) Notice of the provisions of this section shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance to each polling place.

  (e) As used in this section:

  (1) “Firearm” has the same meaning as in section 4017 of this title.

  (2) “Polling place” means a place that a municipality has designated to the Secretary of State as a polling place pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2502(f). (Added 2023, No. 120 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 28, 2024.)