Vermont § 108 - Referendum

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 108 — Referendum, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 108. Referendum

  • (a) All Town ordinances, except as specified in section 110 of this charter, may be repealed
    by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the
    registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting a vote on the question
    of repealing the ordinance. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be
    held within 60 days of the date of filing the petition, to vote on whether the ordinance
    shall be repealed. The ordinance shall be repealed only if at least 15 percent of
    the registered voters vote and a majority of that number vote for repeal. (b) Within 40 days after passage of an ordinance, five percent of the registered voters
    shall constitute sufficient signatures for a referendum petition, and all other procedures
    of subsection (a) of this section shall apply.

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