Vermont § 2147 - Alteration of checklist
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§ 2147. Alteration of checklist
- (a) Pursuant to section 2150 of this title, the board of civil authority or, upon request of the board, the town clerk shall
add to the checklist the names of the voters added and the names omitted by mistake
and shall strike the names of persons not entitled to vote. The list so corrected
shall not be altered except by: (1) adding the names of persons as directed by any Superior judge on appeal; (2) adding the names of persons who are legal voters at the election but whose names are
further discovered to be omitted from the completed checklist solely through inadvertence
or error; (3) adding the names of persons who present a valid application for addition to the checklist
of that town or a copy thereof, and who otherwise are qualified to be added to the
checklist; (4) [Repealed.] (5) subdividing the checklist as provided in section 2501 of this title, including the transfer of names of voters who have moved within a town in which
they are already registered from one voting district within that town to another;
or (6) adding the names of persons who previously submitted an incomplete application and
who provide that information on or before election day. (b) Any correction or transfer may be accomplished at any time until the closing of the
polls on election day. Each voter has primary responsibility to ascertain that his
or her name is properly added to and retained on the checklist. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2001, No. 7, § 2, eff. April 10, 2001; 2003, No. 59, § 5; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2015, No. 44, § 8, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 2147 ("Alteration of checklist") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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