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. § 2602m)
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§ 2602m. Storage and return of election materials
(a)(1) After the recount, the county clerk shall store the sealed containers and any other
recount materials in the county clerk’s vault until returned to the towns.
(2) The county clerk shall release all containers to the respective town clerks after
issuance of the court’s judgment, together with a copy of the judgment.
(3) The respective town clerks or their designees shall transport the containers to the
towns from which they came.
(b) Upon receiving from the court any ballots containing questionable votes and defective
ballots, the county clerk shall keep them in a sealed container for a period of two
years. (Added 2017, No. 50, § 1.)