The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 17 : Elections
Chapter 049 : Nominations
Subchapter 003 : INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2401)-
§ 2401. Applicability of subchapter
(a) A person may be nominated and have the person’s name printed on the general election ballot for any office by filing a consent similar in form to the consent prescribed by section 2361 of this title and a statement of nomination with the Secretary of State. In the case of a nomination for justice of the peace, the consent form and statement of nomination shall be filed with the town clerk.
(b) A candidate who loses a major party primary for any office shall not appear on the general election ballot as an independent candidate for the same office for which the candidate lost in the primary election. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1985, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 1995, No. 95 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2025, No. 70, § 5, eff. June 25, 2025.)
