The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 16 : Education

Chapter 011 : UNION SCHOOL DISTRICTS

Subchapter 003 : UNIFIED UNION SCHOOL DISTRICTS

• § 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.)