2005 Vermont Code - § 2124. — Voter\'s oath; how administered

§ 2124. Voter's oath; how administered

(a) The voter's oath may be administered within the state of Vermont by any person authorized by the law of this state to administer oaths, by any member of a board of civil authority, or any presiding officer.

(b) A military service or other early or absentee voter may also be administered the voter's oath, within or without the state of Vermont, by any commissioned officer of the military service or by any other person qualified to administer oaths, within or without the United States, by the laws of the place in which the oath is administered. The person administering the oath shall subscribe his or her name and rank or title. Neither a seal nor the place where the oath is administered shall be required.

(c) A person who administers the voter's oath to another shall forthwith sign the appropriate place on the application or sign some other written notification giving the person's name and the date the oath was administered.

(d) The town clerk shall keep the completed applications for addition to the checklist. If the written notification that a person has taken the oath is submitted separately from the application, it shall be filed along with the application. The town clerk shall verify, upon request, that a voter has been given the oath. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 1989, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 1997, No. 47, § 10; 2001, No. 6, § 12(b), eff. April 10, 2001.)