The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 24 Appendix : Municipal Charters

Chapter 129F : Town of Panton

• § 5. Recall of elected town officers

  (a) Any elected Town officer may be removed from office subject to the following conditions and procedures:

  (1) A written petition, signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the Town, seeking the removal of a Town officer and requesting a vote of the Town at a regular or special Town meeting called for the purpose, shall be filed with the Selectboard and the Town Clerk.

  (2) If the petition is filed not more than 60 days and not less than 47 days before the next regular Town meeting, the Selectboard shall place the question of whether the elected officer shall be removed on the warning for the next regular Town meeting. Otherwise, the Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days after receiving the petition, to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed. In either case, the recall vote shall be held by Australian ballot.

  (3) When the petitioned removal is approved by a majority of the votes cast at the regular or special Town meeting, the Town officer named in the petition shall cease to hold office.

  (4) The officer shall be removed only if at least as many registered voters of the Town vote to approve the petition as voted to elect said officer in the most recent election wherein the officer was elected, or at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, whichever is fewer.

  (b) A vacancy resulting from the recall of an officer shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law.

  (c) A recall petition shall not be brought against an individual more than once within any 12-month period. (Added 2025, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 8, 2026.)