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
003
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MISCELLANEOUS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2021)
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§ 2021. Destruction of or fraudulent acts pertaining to primary election documents; alteration
or delay of ballots
A person who falsely makes or willfully defaces or destroys a primary petition, certificate
of nomination, or nomination paper or any part thereof, or any letter of assent or
of withdrawal, or who files a primary petition, certificate of nomination, nomination
paper, letter of assent, or letter of withdrawal knowing the same or any part thereof
to be falsely made, or who suppresses a primary petition, certificate of nomination,
nomination paper, letter of assent, or letter of withdrawal or any part thereof that
has been filed, or forges or falsely makes the official endorsement upon a ballot
to be used at a primary or at an election or willfully destroys or defaces such a
ballot or willfully delays the delivery of such ballots shall be fined $200.00. (Amended 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1.)