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
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RECOUNTS AND CONTEST OF ELECTIONS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2601)
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§ 2601. Recount threshold
(a)(1) In an election for federal office, statewide office, county office, or State Senator,
if the difference between the number of votes cast for a winning candidate and the
number of votes cast for a losing candidate is two percent or less of the total votes
cast for all the candidates for an office, divided by the number of persons to be
elected, that losing candidate shall have the right to have the votes for that office
recounted.
(2) In an election for State Representative, if the difference between the number of votes
cast for a winning candidate and the number of votes cast for a losing candidate is
five percent or less of the total votes cast for all the candidates for an office,
divided by the number of persons to be elected, that losing candidate shall have the
right to have the votes for that office recounted.
(b) In the case of a recount for a local election, the threshold and procedures for conducting
the recount shall be as provided in chapter 55, subchapter 3 of this title. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 89; 2009, No. 98 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 10, 2010; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 2017, No. 50, § 1; 2019, No. 67, § 16.)