Vermont § 20 - Ward clerk to keep records; certificates of election to be furnished successful candidates; election results to be published It shall be the duty of the clerk of each ward subject to supervision by the Chief

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§ 20. Ward clerk to keep records; certificates of election to be furnished successful candidates; election results to be published It shall be the duty of the clerk of each ward subject to supervision by the Chief

  • Administrative Officer as presiding officer for City and ward and City district elections
    to make a record of all elections held therein, and to furnish to each officer who
    shall have been elected for such ward or City district, including City Councilors
    and School Commissioners, a certificate of his or her election, and also immediately
    after any election in such ward to return and certify to the Chief Administrative
    Officer a statement of the votes for all officers in his or her ward, which statement
    shall be recorded in the City records, and a certificate by the Chief Administrative
    Officer of the result of such election in the whole City shall be forthwith published
    in the various newspapers of said City. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)

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