Vermont § 2537a - Mailing of general election ballots

§ 2537a. Mailing of general election ballots

• (a) For every general election, the Secretary of State’s office shall mail a general election
  ballot to all active voters on the statewide voter checklist described in section 2154 of this title. (1) The mailing of the ballots shall commence not later than 43 days before the election
  and shall be completed not later than October 1. (2) A postage-paid return envelope, pre-addressed to the town or city clerk of the town
  or city where the voter is registered to vote, shall be included with the ballot sent
  to every voter in which the ballot may be mailed back to the clerk. All postage cost
  shall be paid by the Secretary of State’s office. (3) The address file to be used for the mailing shall be generated from the statewide
  voter checklist as close as practicable to the date of the mailing and in no case
  earlier than September 1. (4) The Secretary of State’s office shall include in the mailing to each voter instructions
  for return of the voted ballot. (b) General election ballots mailed by the Secretary of State’s office under this section
  shall be returned by the voter to the town or city clerk in the town or city where
  that voter is registered in accordance with the procedures for return of ballots described
  in this subchapter. (Added 2021, No. 60, § 7, eff. June 7, 2021.)