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
002
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CITY MEETINGS AND ELECTIONS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 9, § 2.09)
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§ 2.9. Duties of ward officers
(a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of each ward to preside at the polling place of
the ward, to keep a record of all elections held therein, and immediately after any
election in such ward, to return to the City Clerk a statement of the votes cast in
such ward signed by two ward officials, which statement shall be recorded in the City
record.
(b) It shall be the duty of the inspectors of elections to be present, and preserve order
at all elections in their respective wards, to decide all questions relative to the
right of any person to vote at the election, and with the ballot clerks, to sort and
count the ballots, and to inform the City Clerk immediately after such count is completed
of the results of the election.
(c) For all City or ward elections, and all City meetings, the City Clerk shall prepare
all official ballots in the same manner and subject to all the provisions of the laws
of this State providing for and regulating the preparation and distribution of official
ballots in towns and cities.