The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 17 : Elections
Chapter 045 : Political Parties
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2303)-
§ 2303. Town chair to give notice
(a) The town chair or, if unavailable or if the records of the Secretary of State show there is no chair, any three voters of the town shall arrange to hold a caucus on the day designated by the State chair, in some public place within the town and shall set the hour of the caucus.
(b)(1) At least five days before the day of the caucus, the town chair shall post a notice of the date, purpose, time, and place of the caucus in the town clerk’s office and in at least one other public place in town.
(2) In towns of 5,000 or more population, he or she shall also publish the notice:
(A) in a newspaper having general circulation in the town; or
(B) in a nonpartisan electronic news media website or online forum that specializes in news of the State or the community.
(c) If three voters arrange to call the caucus, the voters shall designate one person among them to perform the duties prescribed in subsection (b) of this section for the town chair. (Added 1979, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 64; 2017, No. 50, § 6; 2019, No. 67, § 9.)
