Vermont § 2 - Meetings and elections

§ 2. Meetings and elections

• (a) The second Tuesday in May shall be the date for the annual election of Town officers
  and for voting upon all questions to be decided by Australian ballot. Polls shall
  be open no less than nine consecutive hours. The Selectboard may designate one or
  more polling places within the Town for voting and may provide for the use of any
  mechanical or computer type devices for voting or counting votes, consistent with
  requirements of law. The Wednesday evening preceding the date for the annual election
  of the Town officers, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at a place designated by the Barre Town
  Selectboard, shall be the date of the annual meeting at which time there will be considered
  all non-Australian ballot matters. However, the voters at any annual election may
  designate a different date, time, or place for annual Town elections. (b) Special Town meetings or elections: (1) may be called by a majority of the Selectboard members; or (2) shall be called by the Town Clerk upon receipt by him or her of a petition signed
  by at least 10 percent of the voters. The petition shall specify the business to be
  transacted at such meeting. The meeting shall be held within 60 days from the date
  the petition is filed with the Clerk. (c) The budget proposal, established by the Selectboard, in accordance with section 28
  of this charter, shall be submitted to the electorate at the annual election. If this
  proposal fails, the Town Clerk shall immediately warn an open Town meeting at which
  the budget shall be determined without a subsequent Australian ballot election. Section
  5 of this charter on reconsiderations shall not apply to budget votes. (Amended 2011, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 4, 2011; 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)