§ 1846. Failure to post checklists
§ 1846. Failure to post checklists The failure of the selectboard of any town, or the proper officers of any city, to prepare and post checklists of the voters of the town or city as provided by section 2141 of this title, shall not invalidate the votes given by the voters of the town or […]
§ 1848. Tabulation of returns; record of amendments
§ 1848. Tabulation of returns; record of amendments The Governor and Secretary of State shall, on the second Tuesday of December, of the year in which a vote on ratification of an article of amendment is taken, open and tabulate the returns made under section 1843 of this chapter; and if it appears therefrom that […]
§ 1849. Proclamation by Governor
§ 1849. Proclamation by Governor The Governor shall thereupon forthwith issue his or her proclamation, attested by the Secretary of State, reciting the article of amendment and announcing the ratification and adoption of it by the people of this State under this chapter and that the amendment has become a part of the Constitution thereof […]
§ 1850. Transmission of copies of chapter and forms to clerks
§ 1850. Transmission of copies of chapter and forms to clerks (a) The Secretary of State shall send to the clerk of each city and town a copy of this chapter at least two months before the vote on the ratification of an article of amendment. (b) In any year in which a vote on […]
§ 1881. Number to be elected
§ 1881. Number to be elected Senatorial districts and the number of Senators to be elected from each are as follows: (1) Addison Senatorial District, composed of the towns of Addison, Bridport, Bristol, Buel’s Gore, Cornwall, Ferrisburgh, Goshen, Granville, Hancock, Huntington, Leicester, Lincoln, Middlebury, Monkton, New Haven, Orwell, Panton, Rochester, Ripton, Salisbury, Shoreham, Starksboro, Vergennes, […]
§ 1841. Constitutional requirements
§ 1841. Constitutional requirements (a) Amendments to the Constitution, having been proposed by the General Assembly, published, and concurred in by the succeeding General Assembly as required by § 72 of Chapter II of the Constitution, shall be submitted to the people of the State for their ratification and adoption in the manner provided in […]
§ 1842. Time of voting; warning
§ 1842. Time of voting; warning (a) The people shall be assembled for the purpose of voting on the article of amendment in their respective towns and cities at the same time and place as for the general election, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in even-numbered years, and the warning […]
§ 1843. Process of voting; making returns; conduct of meetings
§ 1843. Process of voting; making returns; conduct of meetings (a)(1) At those meetings the voters may vote by ballot for or against the article of amendment. (2) The same officer shall preside in each such meeting as provided in section 2680 of this title. (b) The board of civil authority shall, in open meeting, […]
§ 1844. Publication in newspapers and on State websites; ballots
§ 1844. Publication in newspapers and on State websites; ballots (a)(1) The Secretary of State shall, between September 25 and October 1 in any year in which a vote on ratification of an article of amendment is taken, prepare copies of the proposal of amendment and forward them, with a summary of proposed changes, for […]
§ 1845. Qualifications of voters; conduct of election
§ 1845. Qualifications of voters; conduct of election The qualifications of voters on the proposal of amendment, the checklist requirements for the election, and all other provisions relating to the conduct of the election shall be the same as those required at general elections. (Added 1971, No. 211 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 3, […]