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
002
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BALLOTS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2475)
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§ 2475. Death or withdrawal of candidate
When a candidate dies or withdraws and the vacancy is filled as provided in chapter
49 of this title, the name supplied for the vacancy shall be inserted instead of the
original nomination. If the ballots have already been printed, the officer who furnished
them shall prepare and furnish new ballots. The town clerk in each town shall, upon
delivery of the new ballots, immediately destroy all original ballots except those
already supplied to or used by early or absentee voters. Such early or absentee voter
ballots shall be acceptable and counted with the other ballots. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 46; 2001, No. 6, § 12(b), eff. April 10, 2001.)