The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
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DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION; PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2715)
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§ 2715. Party convention to elect delegates
(a) The State committee of each major political party holding a national convention shall
call a party convention, under rules proposed in advance and adopted by the committee,
to be held during the month of May or June in each presidential election year. At
the convention, delegates and alternates to the national convention of such party,
to the number apportioned to this State, shall be elected by the rules adopted by
each major political party.
(b) Each major political party shall adopt rules relating to the delegates and alternates
of a candidate who has withdrawn as a candidate. A declaration of withdrawal shall
be made in writing and becomes effective when filed with the Secretary of State.
(c) Each major political party shall adopt rules relating to the manner in which the delegates
elected in accordance with this section shall represent, at the national convention,
the voters for whom the delegates were elected. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1980; amended 1991, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. April 10, 1992; 1995, No. 38, § 7.)