Vermont § 2557 - Town clerk approval of provisional voter attestation

§ 2557. Town clerk approval of provisional voter attestation

• (a) The town clerk may make such investigation as he or she deems proper to verify any
  fact stated in the application. In making the determination whether to accept the
  provisional voter’s attestation, the town clerk shall determine whether the applicant
  meets all of the registration eligibility requirements. However, the town clerk may
  not require a provisional voter to complete any form other than that approved under
  section 2555 of this title; nor may the board of civil authority require all provisional voters or any particular
  class or group of provisional voters to appear personally before a meeting of the
  board or routinely or as a matter of policy require provisional voters to submit additional
  information to verify or otherwise support the information contained in the attestation. (b) Within two days after the close of the polls, the town clerk shall inform each provisional
  voter of his or her action on a provisional voter’s attestation. If the clerk rejects
  a provisional voter, the clerk shall also notify the provisional voter immediately
  of his or her reasons by first-class mail directed to the address given in the application. (c) When the town clerk approves a provisional voter’s attestation, the town clerk shall
  note his or her approval in the space provided on the envelope, photocopy the affidavit
  from all provisional envelopes, place all provisional envelopes with the official
  return of vote, and send all information to the Secretary of State in a manner prescribed
  by the Secretary. (d) Upon receipt of the official return of vote that contains provisional envelopes from
  any town clerk, the Secretary shall open all envelopes that were approved by the municipal
  clerk, deposit the ballot in a ballot box, and count all approved ballots, adding
  the totals to the statewide count for federal offices. (Added 2003, No. 59, § 30, eff. June 7, 2003.)