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.
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 150, § 5)
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§ 5. Recall
Any elected officer of the Town may be recalled from office as follows:
(1) A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed
with the Selectboard requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed
from office.
(2) The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 45 days of receiving
the petition to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed.
(3) The vote shall be by Australian ballot.
(4) The official 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.
(5) If the Town votes for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become
vacant and the Selectboard shall call a special meeting to be held within 45 days
of the vote for removal to fill the vacancy until the term of the officer so removed
expires. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)