Vermont § 2494 - Construction with other laws
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§ 2494. Construction with other laws
- (a) Except as this subchapter affects the method of registering votes and ascertaining
the result, the laws of this State pertaining to elections shall be applicable. The
laws pertaining to early or absentee voters shall in no way be affected by this subchapter,
and votes cast by early or absentee voters shall be counted with votes counted on
vote tabulators. (b) In towns using vote tabulators, the board of civil authority may vote to open polling
places at 5:00 a.m., provided that at least three elections officials are present,
two of whom are from different parties. If all early voter absentee ballots have not
been deposited into the vote tabulators before the closing of the polls at 7:00 p.m.,
the elections officials shall continue to deposit ballots using the same procedure
as provided in subsection 2561(b) of this title, treating each ballot as a voter waiting to cast his or her ballot at the close of
the polls. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2001, No. 6, § 2, eff. April 10, 2001; 2003, No. 59, § 23; 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 9; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 27.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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