Vermont § 1881a - Senatorial districts; nominations and election
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§ 1881a. Senatorial districts; nominations and election
- (a) The laws relating to the election of Senators in single counties shall apply in senatorial
districts except as their application may be inconsistent with this section or the
structure of those districts. (b) In senatorial districts, the senatorial district clerk shall be the county clerk for
those towns within the district aggregating the largest population. (c)(1) Petitions for nominating candidates for Senator in the General Assembly by primary
or by certificates of nomination of candidates for that office by convention, caucus,
committee, or voters under chapter 49 of this title may be filed in the office of
any county clerk in a senatorial district. (2)(A) On the day after the last day for filing those petitions or certificates for that
office, the other county clerk shall notify the senatorial district clerk of the facts
concerning those petitions or certificates. (B) The senatorial district clerk shall be responsible for determining the names of candidates
and other facts required by law to appear on the ballot for the office of Senator
and for obtaining and distributing the ballots to the other clerks in the district. (d) The clerk of the less populous county in a senatorial district shall report the results
of voting in his or her county immediately after they are determined to the senatorial
district clerk, who shall issue the certificates of nomination or election required
by law as to the office of Senator. (e) The canvassing of votes in a senatorial district shall be done in each county in the
district as in the case of single counties, but the clerk of the less populous county
in a senatorial district shall send a copy of the appropriate certificate to the clerk
of the senatorial district who shall issue necessary certificates for the senatorial
district. (Added 1965, No. 187, § 2; amended 1975, No. 189 (Adj. Sess.), § 15; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 69; 2019, No. 67, § 2.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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