Vermont § 3 - Postponement and combining of Town meetings
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§ 3. Postponement and combining of Town meetings
- (a) The Selectboard may postpone the vote on any question to be voted at a special meeting
to the annual meeting or November federal elections if the special meeting would fall
within 75 days of the annual meeting or November federal elections. (b) If a special Town meeting falls within 45 days of a later special Town meeting called
by petition, the Selectboard may warn the question to be voted at the Town meeting
and may by resolution rescind the call of the earlier meeting. (Amended 1999, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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