The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
003
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UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICTS
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 742)
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§ 742. Commingling and reporting of all votes cast by Australian Ballot and from the floor
(a) Commingling. Votes cast by the voters of a unified union school district shall be commingled, whether
cast by Australian ballot or from the floor, and shall not be counted according to
the town in which a voter resides.
(b) Report to public. The district clerk shall report the commingled results of votes cast by voters of
a unified union school district.
(c) Applicability. The commingling and reporting of votes cast by voters in a unified union school district
for the election of members of the district board, for the election of district officers,
for proposed budgets, and for any other public question shall proceed pursuant to
the provisions of this section regardless of whether the vote proceeds by Australian
ballot or by a floor vote, except when:
(1) Vermont statute explicitly permits or requires a different method for a specific type
of question presented to the voters;
(2) the ballots have been cast to elect a unified union school district board member where
membership on the board is apportioned based on town population pursuant to subdivision
730(a)(1) (unified union school district; Australian ballot; proportional to town
population) of this chapter; or
(3) the articles of agreement as initially approved by the voters on or before July 1,
2019 explicitly provide that the board of civil authority of each town within the
unified union school district shall count Australian ballots cast in that town and
report that town’s results to the district clerk, who shall calculate total votes
cast within the unified union school district and report the result of the vote to
the public. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)