Vermont § 2548 - Voting in person

§ 2548. Voting in person

• (a) Prior to the opening of the polls, the municipal clerk shall provide the election
  officials of each polling place with a list of the names of all persons who have voted
  early in the clerk’s office or marked and returned early voter absentee ballots, and
  these persons shall not thereafter vote in person in the same election. (b)(1) A voter who has been issued an early ballot, either by the Secretary of State’s office
  pursuant to section 2537a of this subchapter or otherwise by the town clerk, but who
  has not returned the voter’s voted ballot to the clerk, may vote in person at the
  polling place on election day. (2) If the voter brings the voter’s marked ballot enclosed in the signed certificate envelope,
  the voter may submit that certificate envelope containing the voted ballot to the
  entrance checklist official for processing along with any other early or absentee
  ballots. The voter shall be marked off the checklist and the clerk shall record the
  voter as having returned the absentee ballot on election day in the online election
  management system. (3) If the voter brings the marked ballot, but it is not enclosed in the certificate envelope,
  the voter shall be marked off the checklist and be allowed to cast that ballot into
  the secure ballot box or tabulator in the same manner as other voters who are voting
  in the polling place. The clerk shall record any such voter as having voted in person
  on election day in the online election management system. (4) If the voter brings the unmarked ballot, the voter shall be marked off the checklist
  and allowed to proceed to a voting booth to mark that ballot and cast it into the
  ballot box or tabulator in the same manner as other voters who are voting in the polling
  place. The presiding officer may choose to provide any such voter with a new ballot
  in exchange for the unvoted ballot that the voter brought to the polls. The clerk
  shall record any such voter as having voted in person on election day in the online
  election management system. (5) If the voter does not bring a marked or an unmarked ballot with them to the polls,
  the voter shall be required to sign an affidavit that the voter has not previously
  cast a ballot in the election and only then shall they be checked off the checklist
  and allowed to vote in the same manner as all other voters who are voting at the polling
  place. The clerk shall record any such voter as having voted in person on election
  day in the online election management system. Any affidavits signed by voters at the
  polling place pursuant to this section shall be retained for a period of 90 days following
  the election. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2001, No. 6, § 12(a), (b), eff. April 10, 2001; 2007, No. 54, § 8c; 2017, No. 50, § 35; 2021, No. 60, § 17, eff. June 7, 2021.)