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.
(Cite as: 17 V.S.A. § 2753)
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§ 2753. Article III—Manner of appointing presidential electors in member states
(a) Prior to the time set by law for the meeting and voting by the presidential electors,
the chief election official of each member state shall determine the number of votes
for each presidential slate in each State of the United States and in the District
of Columbia in which votes have been cast in a statewide popular election and shall
add such votes together to produce a “national popular vote total” for each presidential
slate.
(b) The chief election official of each member state shall designate the presidential
slate with the largest national popular vote total as the “national popular vote winner.”
(c) The presidential elector certifying official of each member state shall certify the
appointment in that official’s own state of the elector slate nominated in that state
in association with the national popular vote winner.
(d) At least six days before the day fixed by law for the meeting and voting by the presidential
electors, each member state shall make a final determination of the number of popular
votes cast in the state for each presidential slate and shall communicate an official
statement of such determination within 24 hours to the chief election official of
each other member state.
(e) The chief election official of each member state shall treat as conclusive an official
statement containing the number of popular votes in a state for each presidential
slate made by the day established by federal law for making a state’s final determination
conclusive as to the counting of electoral votes by Congress.
(f) In event of a tie for the national popular vote winner, the presidential elector-certifying
official of each member state shall certify the appointment of the elector slate nominated
in association with the presidential slate receiving the largest number of popular
votes within that official’s own state.
(g) If, for any reason, the number of presidential electors nominated in a member state
in association with the national popular vote winner is less than or greater than
that state’s number of electoral votes, the presidential candidate on the presidential
slate that has been designated as the national popular vote winner shall have the
power to nominate the presidential electors for that state and that state’s presidential
elector certifying official shall certify the appointment of such nominees.
(h) The chief election official of each member state shall immediately release to the
public all vote counts or statements of votes as they are determined or obtained.
(i) This article shall govern the appointment of presidential electors in each member
state in any year in which this agreement is, on July 20, in effect in states cumulatively
possessing a majority of the electoral votes. (Added 2011, No. 10, § 1.)