The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
002
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BALLOTS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2471)
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§ 2471. General election ballot
(a)(1) A consolidated ballot shall be used at a general election, which shall list the several
candidates for the offices to be voted upon. The offices of President and Vice President
of the United States, U.S. Senator, U.S. Representative, Governor, Lieutenant Governor,
State Treasurer, Secretary of State, Auditor of Accounts, Attorney General, State
Senator, Representative to the General Assembly, Judge of Probate, assistant judge,
State’s Attorney, sheriff, and high bailiff shall be listed in that order. Any statewide
public question shall also be listed on the ballot, before the listing of all offices
to be filled.
(2) The ballot shall be prepared at State expense under the direction of the Secretary
of State. The color of the ballot shall be determined by the Secretary of State. The
printing shall be black. Ballots shall be printed on index stock and configured to
be readable by vote tabulators. The font shall be at least 10 points for candidate
names unless a name exceeds 24 characters, in which case the candidate may change
his or her consent form name to 24 characters or less, or the font may be reduced
as needed to fit the candidate name space.
(b) Ballots for justices shall be prepared at town expense, under the direction of the
town clerk, in the town in which they are to be used. The printing shall be black
and shall conform as nearly as possible to the format of the general election ballot. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 1985, No. 196 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1993, No. 138 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2007, No. 54, § 4; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.)