The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
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TOWN OFFICERS RESPONSIBLE TO CITIZENS; TOWN MEETINGS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 101, § 7)
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§ 7. Nomination of candidates
Nominations of persons to fill Town offices shall be by petition containing the signatures
of at least 30 voters or one percent of the voters, whichever is less. Petitions shall
be filed with the Town Clerk, together with a written assent signed by the nominee.
Both petition and written assent shall be filed at least 45 and not more than 55 days
prior to the election. When a petition is presented to the Town Clerk for filing,
the Town Clerk shall immediately examine the same and ascertain whether it conforms
to the provisions of this section. If not found in conformity, the Town Clerk shall
designate the defect in writing and return the petition, together with the written
reason for rejection, within six hours, to the candidate in whose behalf it was filed.
Such petition may again be presented when properly amended if this can be done within
the time allowed for filing such petition. All Town elections shall be nonpartisan
and no party designation or slogan shall be printed on any Town ballot or petition. (Amended 2011, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 4, 2011; 2015, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 25, 2015.)