Vermont § 756 - Union district meetings conducted from the floor

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§ 756. Union district meetings conducted from the floor

  • (a) Not later than the close of business on the day before the meeting, the town clerk
    of each member district of a union elementary or union high school district shall
    furnish to the union district clerk, at the expense of the union district, authenticated
    copies of the checklist of legal voters within the member district as the checklist
    appears after revisions are made pursuant to 17 V.S.A. §§ 2141–2150 (registration of voters). The checklist shall control for purposes of determining
    voter eligibility in the union elementary or union high school district. (b) During the annual or special meeting, one or more members of each town’s board of
    civil authority shall assist the union district clerk to determine voter eligibility
    and to supervise voting during the meeting. (c) Votes cast at an annual or special meeting shall be commingled and shall not be counted
    according to the town in which a voter resides. (d) The provisions of this section shall apply to all votes of the electorate in a union
    elementary or union high school district that do not proceed by Australian ballot;
    provided, however: (1) They shall not apply if Vermont statute explicitly permits or requires a different
    method for a specific type of question presented to the voters. (2) They shall not apply to a vote warned pursuant to subsection 755(f) (warnings of union
    elementary and union high school district meetings; members elected under proportional
    to town population model and by floor vote) of this chapter. (e) If a person who resides in a member district and is otherwise eligible to vote at
    a union elementary or union high school district meeting has not maintained residence
    in the member district for the requisite number of days but resided in another member
    district of the union elementary or union high school district for the requisite number
    of days, then the town clerk of the member district in which the person currently
    resides shall enter such person’s name on the checklist of legal voters if the person
    presents to that town clerk a certificate signed by the town clerk of the member district
    in which the person formally resided confirming that the person lived within the union
    elementary or union high school district for the requisite number of days. (Added 2021, No. 176 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. June 7, 2022.)

Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27

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