Vermont § 1842 - Time of voting; warning

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§ 1842. Time of voting; warning

  • (a) The people shall be assembled for the purpose of voting on the article of amendment
    in their respective towns and cities at the same time and place as for the general
    election, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in even-numbered
    years, and the warning for each meeting shall contain an article, in substance as
    follows: “To see if the voters will vote to accept or reject the proposed article of amendment
    to the Constitution of Vermont.” (b) The omission of that article from the warning shall not invalidate nor affect the
    vote on the proposed article of amendment, and the voters of each town or city shall
    vote on the article of amendment whether the warning contains the foregoing article
    or not. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, 1972; amended 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 33; 2019, No. 67, § 1.)

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

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