The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
009
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RECOUNTS AND CONTEST OF ELECTIONS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2602h)
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§ 2602h. Completing the tally
(a) The county clerk shall return all ballots to their container, seal the container,
record the seal number on the summary sheet, and write “recounted” and specify the
date of the recount on the tag.
(b) In the presence of the clerk observer team, the county clerk shall add together the
hand count and vote tabulator totals for each town, as recorded on the tally sheets
and vote tabulator tape submitted to him or her, record those totals on the summary
sheet for that town, and affix his or her seal to that summary sheet.
(c)(1) The county clerk shall compare the number of ballots recounted for that town with
the number of ballots counted at the town as reported on the official return of votes,
and with the number of voters who voted at that town according to the checklist examination,
as applicable under section 2602d of this subchapter and recorded by the county clerk
on the summary sheet in accordance with that section.
(2) If these numbers differ, the county clerk shall note the amount of the difference
on the summary sheets for that town.
(d) If there is more than one town subject to the recount:
(1) this process shall be repeated for each town; and
(2) once all towns have been recounted, the county clerk shall add together the totals
from each town and record the total for all towns on a master summary sheet and affix
his or her seal to that sheet.
(e) The county clerk shall send the summary sheets for all towns together with any master
summary sheet, the ballots marked defective or contained in a defective ballot envelope,
and any original ballots containing questionable votes to the court and obtain a receipt
for that delivery. (Added 1985, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; amended 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 2017, No. 50, § 1.)