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Subchapter
002
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BALLOTS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2474)
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§ 2474. Choice of party
(a)(1) A person nominated by any means for the same office by more than one political party
may elect, not later than 5:00 p.m. on the tenth day following the primary election,
the party or parties in which the nominee will be a candidate. The nominee shall notify
in writing the Secretary of State or town clerk, as the case may be, of such choice
by that deadline, and only the party or parties that the nominee so elects shall be
printed next to the nominee’s name on the ballot.
(2) If the nominee does not notify the Secretary of State or the town clerk of his or
her choice of party, the Secretary of State shall print on the ballot those parties
next to the nominee’s name by listing in this order:
(A) the major political party for which the nominee had his or her name printed on the
ballot in the primary;
(B) any major political parties that nominated the nominee by the party committee, in
the order in which the nominations were submitted to the Secretary of State;
(C) any major political parties for which the nominee received write-in votes, in an order
from highest to lowest vote counts; and
(D) any minor political parties that nominated the nominee by party committee, in the
order in which the nominations were submitted to the Secretary of State.
(b)(1) A candidate for State office who is the nominee of two or more political parties shall
file with the Secretary of State, not later than 5:00 p.m. the tenth day following
the primary election, a statement designating for which party the votes cast for him
or her shall be counted for the purposes of determining whether his or her designated
party shall be a major political party. The party so designated shall be the first
party to be printed immediately after the candidate’s name on the ballot.
(2) If a candidate does not file the statement by that deadline, the Secretary of State
shall designate the party for which the votes cast shall be counted as provided in
subdivision (a)(2) of this section. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2003, No. 59, § 19; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 24; 2015, No. 30, § 10, eff. May 26, 2015.)