The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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TOWN OFFICERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 126, § 28)
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§ 28. Recall of elected officers
(a) Any elected officer identified in section 22 of this charter may be removed from office
by recall according to the following procedure:
(1) A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the Town’s registered voters requesting
a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office shall be filed
with the Selectboard.
(2) The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days after
its receipt of the petition, to vote on the question of whether the elected officer
shall be removed from office.
(3) The elected official shall be removed from office if:
(A) not fewer than the number of voters of the Town who actually voted in the election
in which the officer was elected or not less than one-third of the registered voters
of the Town, whichever is greater, cast ballots at the special Town meeting; and
(B) a majority of that applicable number of voters votes to remove the officer from office.
(b) If the Town votes to remove an elected officer, the office shall immediately become
vacant, and the Selectboard shall fill the vacancy as provided in section 25 of this
charter.
(c) The vote on a recall petition shall be by Australian ballot. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)