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
002
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REGISTRATION OF VOTERS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2143)
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§ 2143. Political representation on board of civil authority
(a) If the board of civil authority of any political subdivision does not contain at least
three members of each major political party and the party committee or at least three
voters request increased representation for an underrepresented major political party
by filing a written request with the clerk of the political subdivision, the legislative
body shall appoint from a list of names submitted to it by the underrepresented party
a sufficient number of voters to the board of civil authority to bring the underrepresented
major party’s membership on the board to three. A person’s name shall not be submitted
unless he or she consents to serve if appointed.
(b) The persons so appointed shall have the same duties and authority with respect to
elections as have other members of the board, but those persons shall have no authority
with respect to functions of the board of civil authority that are not related to
elections. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2001, No. 5, § 13; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)