Vermont § 411 - Commencement of proceedings; affidavit
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 411 — Commencement of proceedings; affidavit, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 411. Commencement of proceedings; affidavit
- (a) Any qualified voter or group of voters may commence initiative or referendum proceedings
by filing with the City Clerk an affidavit stating that he, she, or they will be responsible
for circulating the petition and filing it in proper form, stating the name and address
of the voter who will serve as petitioner to which all notices are to be sent and
setting out in full the proposed initiative ordinance or citing the ordinance sought
to be reconsidered. (b) Promptly after the affidavit of the petitioner is filed, the Clerk shall issue the
appropriate petition forms to the petitioner. (Added 2015, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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