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.
Subchapter
003
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CARE OF INMATES
(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 807)
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§ 807. Voting rights
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a person who is convicted of a crime shall
retain the right to vote by early voter absentee ballot in a primary or general election
at the person’s last voluntary residence during the term of the person’s commitment
under a sentence of confinement provided the person otherwise fulfills all voting
requirements.
(b) No person sentenced to the custody of the Commissioner of Corrections may use the
place of involuntary confinement as the person’s place of residence for the purpose
of qualifying to vote. (Added 1971, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 20; amended 1973, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. March 27, 1974; 2001, No. 6, § 12(a), eff. April 10, 2001.)