Vermont § 43 - Composition; Board for Registration of Voters; duties; appointments; offices

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§ 43. Composition; Board for Registration of Voters; duties; appointments; offices

  • (a)(1) The City Council with Mayor presiding shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority
    for the City, except that all duties with respect to preparing checklists of voters
    and making additions thereto or alterations or corrections thereon imposed upon the
    Council by this charter or the provisions of the general statutes relating thereto
    shall be performed by a board of 12 members, to be known as the Board for Registration
    of Voters. (2) Not more than six members of the Board shall at any one time be from the same political
    party. (b)(1) All members of the Board shall be legal voters of the City and shall serve a term
    of five years. (2) Terms shall be staggered so that in June in each year the City Council with Mayor
    presiding shall appoint no more than three members of the Board depending upon the
    expiration of terms to serve for a term of five years from the July first next succeeding
    or until his or her or their successor

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

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