Source: https://www.sec.state.vt.us/elections/elections-calendar-of-events.aspx?date=20180115000000
Timestamp: 2018-05-21 16:31:52
Document Index: 774734737

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2491', '§ 2641', '§2642', '§2642', '§ 2645', '§ 2501', '§ 2501', '§2641', '§ 2546', '§ 2681']

BCA- Last day to adopt use of Australian ballot
BCA- Last day (60 days before town meeting) in towns using Australian ballot for the BCA to vote to use a vote tabulator for town meeting if one is not currently used. 17 V.S.A. § 2491(a)
Clerks- Last day to warn the first public hearing if charter adoption/amendment
Clerks- Last day to warn the first public hearing if charter adoption, amendment or repeal is to be voted at town meeting (60 days before town meeting). 17 V.S.A. §§ 2641(a), 2645(a)(3) and (6)
Clerks- Petition deadline for article to appear on Town Meeting
Clerks/Voters- Last day for voters to file a petition with the town clerk to have an article appear on the ballot. 17 V.S.A. §2642(a)(3)(A) (47 days prior to town meeting). Petition must contain signatures from at least 5% of registered voters in the municipality.
Clerks- Notify petitioners of deficient petitions
Clerks- If petitions turned in do not conform to statute, clerks must notify the petitioners in writing within 24 hours why the petition does not conform. Petitioners must return supplementary petitions within 48 hours of being notified by the clerk. 17 V.S.A. §2642(a)(3)(A)
Clerks- Official copy of proposed charter amendments must be filed in town clerk’s office by this date if vote is to be taken on town meeting day (10 days before first public hearing). 17 V.S.A. § 2645(a)(2)
BCA - Last day for board of civil authority to, if necessary, divide the checklist according to geographic boundaries. 17 V.S.A. § 2501(a). The BCA is required to divide the checklist “If the questions and candidates to be voted upon are not identical for all voters in the town, so that different ballots will be used depending on where a voter lives”. 17 V.S.A. § 2501(a).
Clerks- First day a clerk may post warnings for town meeting (40 days before the meeting). 17 V.S.A. §2641(a)
Clerks Using Tabulators- First day to warn a meeting to take place the day before an election for the purpose of depositing absentee ballots into the vote tabulator. The BCA must vote to authorize the use of this procedure. Ballots can only be run through the tabulator the day before the election, must be conducted in the town clerk’s office, and follow all other procedures as laid out in 17 V.S.A. § 2546a.
Clerks- Last day that a candidate seeking office can register to vote, in order to have their name printed on the ballot. The candidate should register before submitting their petition. 17 V.S.A. § 2681(a)(B)