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
001
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ELECTION OFFICIALS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2452)
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§ 2452. Presiding officer
(a) The town clerk shall be the presiding officer unless the town by vote at an annual
meeting or by charter shall provide otherwise. If the regular presiding officer is
unavailable or unable to preside at any given election, then the board of civil authority
shall promptly appoint a voter of the town to serve as the presiding officer at that
election.
(b) If more than one polling place is used, the board shall appoint a presiding officer
for each additional polling place. These presiding officers for additional polling
places shall be appointed for no more than two year terms, but may be reappointed
and may have their appointments revoked. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 39.)