Vermont § 202 - Time of elections and meetings
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 202 — Time of elections and meetings, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 202. Time of elections and meetings
- (a) The annual City meeting of the City for the election of officers, the voting of budgets,
and any other business included in the warnings for the meeting, shall be held on
the second Tuesday in May, unless otherwise legally warned by the Council. (b) The election of officers and the voting on all questions shall be by the Australian
ballot system. The ballot boxes shall be open for 12 consecutive hours at times to
be determined and warned by the Board of Civil Authority. (c) The warning for annual and special City meetings shall, by separate articles, specifically
indicate the business to be transacted, including the offices and the questions to
be voted upon. The warning also shall contain any legally binding article or articles
requested by 10 percent of the registered voters of the City. Petitions requesting
that an article or articles be placed on the warning shall be filed with the City
Clerk on or before the filing deadline set forth in 17 V.S.A. § 2642(a)(3). (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 4; 2007, No. M-5, § 2; 2017, No. M-10, § 2, eff. May 30, 2017; 2025, No. M-1, § 2, eff. May 1, 2025.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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