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.
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LOCAL ELECTIONS USING THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT SYSTEM
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2683)
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§ 2683. Request for a recount; candidates
(a) A candidate for local office may request a recount by filing a request in writing
with the municipal clerk within 10 days after the election.
(b) 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. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 112; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 56; 2017, No. 50, § 57.)