2005 Vermont Code - § 2362. — Primary ballots

§ 2362. Primary ballots

(a) The ballots shall be prepared and furnished to the towns by the secretary of state and

shall contain the names of all candidates for nomination at the primary. The ballot shall be printed in two or more distinct sections, to be separated by a perforation, and shall be in substantially the following form:

OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT

September 12, 1978

CAUTION: VOTE IN ONE PARTY ONLY

OR YOUR BALLOT WILL BE VOID

________________________

REPUBLICAN PARTY

________________________

To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, make or place a cross (X) in the square at the right of the name of that person.

To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write or stick his or her name in the blank space provided for that purpose.

When there are two or more persons to be elected to one office, you may vote for any number of persons up to and including the maximum number.

PLEASE REFER TO THE BOOK FOR THE REST OF THE FORM

OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT

September 12, 1978

CAUTION: VOTE IN ONE PARTY ONLY

OR YOUR BALLOT WILL BE VOID

________________________

DEMOCRATIC PARTY

________________________

To vote for a person whose name is printed on the ballot, make or place a cross (X) in the square at the right of the name of that person.

To vote for a person whose name is not printed on the ballot, write or stick his or her name in the blank space provided for that purpose.

When there are two or more persons to be elected to one office, you may vote for any number of persons up to and including the maximum number.

PLEASE REFER TO THE BOOK FOR THE REST OF THE FORM

(b) Following the names of candidates printed on the ballot after the name of each office to be filled, shall be as many blank lines as there are persons to be elected to that office. If no primary petition is filed for an office or for a candidate belonging to a party, the ballot shall contain the name of the office with the name of no candidate. On the same side of each section shall be printed the date of the primary and the words OFFICIAL PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 22.)