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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OFFICERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 117, § 210)
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§ 210. Recall of Selectboard members
(a) A petition signed by 15 percent of the registered voters of the municipality, based
upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding municipal election,
demanding the recall of the Selectboard member or members cited in the petition, shall
be filed with the Town Clerk.
(b) Within 60 days after receiving a valid petition, the Selectboard shall call a special
meeting or, if annual meeting is within 60 days, include a question on the annual
Town meeting ballot to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed. The vote
shall be held by Australian ballot.
(c) The Selectboard member shall be removed only if at least as many registered voters
of the Town vote as voted in the election wherein the officer was elected or at least
one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, whichever is greater, and a majority
of that number vote for removal. The Selectboard member or members shall be removed
from office immediately, and the Selectboard shall then name a successor in accordance
with the replacement provisions of this charter.
(d) A recall petition shall not be brought against an individual more than once within
12 months. (Added 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 29, 2024.)