Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, § 2353
Petitions to place names on ballot
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Current — June 1, 2022
As of July 1, 2021
(1) The name of any person shall be printed upon the primary ballot as a candidate for nomination by any major political party for the office indicated, if a petition containing the requisite number of signatures made by registered voters, in substantially the following form, is filed with the proper official, together with the person’s written consent to having his or her name printed on the ballot:
(1) PARASTAT=“s” DESISTAT=“”>PARASTAT=“s” DESISTAT=“”>The name of any person shall be printed upon the primary ballot as a candidate for nomination by any major political party for the office indicated, if a petition containing the requisite number of signatures made by registered voters, in substantially the following form, is filed with the proper official, together with the person’s written consent to having his or her name printed on the ballot:
(2) A person's name shall not be listed as a candidate on the primary ballot of more than one party in the same election. (b) (1) A person's name shall not be listed as a candidate on the primary ballot of more than one party in the same election.
(2) A person’s name shall not be listed as a candidate on the primary ballot of more than one party in the same election. (b) (1) A person’s name shall not be listed as a candidate on the primary ballot of more than one party in the same election.
(3) A single petition shall contain only one office for which a person seeks to be a candidate.
(3) A single petition shall contain only one office for which a person seeks to be a candidate.
(4) A person shall file a separate petition for each office for which he or she seeks to be a candidate. Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 17; 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 6, 2008; 2009, No. 73 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 7, 2010; 2017, No. 50, § 7; 2019, No. 67, § 10.
(4) A person shall file a separate petition for each office for which he or she seeks to be a candidate.
I join in a petition to place on the primary ballot of the..................... party the name of...................., whose residence is in the (city), (town) of.................... in the county of...................., for the office of.................... to be voted for on Tuesday, the............... day of August, 20........; and I certify that I am at the present time a registered voter and am qualified to vote for a candidate for this office.
I join in a petition to place on the primary ballot of the. party the name of, whose residence is in the (city), (town) of in the county of, for the office of to be voted for on Tuesday, the day of August, 20.; and I certify that I am at the present time a registered voter and am qualified to vote for a candidate for this office.
Official source: Vermont General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Vermont statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.