The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
003
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OFFICERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 127, § 303)
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§ 303. Terms of office — Selectboard members
(a) Each Selectboard member shall be elected for a three-year term, except in the first
election after this charter is adopted, at which two Selectboard members shall be
elected for three-year terms, and one Selectboard member shall be elected for a two-year
term. The two incumbent Selectboard members shall serve to the ends of their respective
elected terms. After the first election following adoption of this charter, Selectboard
members shall be elected for three-year terms as prior terms expire. Additional Selectboard
members elected under subsection 302(e) of this charter shall be elected to initial
terms that expire at the annual meeting for three-year terms.
(b) All Selectboard members shall be elected at large. The persons with the largest number
of votes for offices of equal terms shall be elected to those offices. If there are
Selectboard offices with different terms, each candidate shall specify the term for
which he or she seeks election.