2011 Vermont Code
Title 17 Elections
Chapter 49 NOMINATIONS
§ 2369 Determining winner; tie votes
§ 2369. Determining winner; tie votes
Persons who receive a plurality of all the votes cast by a party in a primary shall be candidates of that party for the office designated on the ballot. If two or more candidates of the same party are tied for the same office, the choice among those tied shall be determined:
(1) Upon five days' notice and not later than 10 days following the primary election, the state committee of a party, for a state or congressional office; the senatorial district committee for state senate; the county committee for county office; or the representative district committee for a representative to the general assembly shall meet to nominate a candidate from among the tied candidates.
(2) The committee chair shall certify the candidate nomination for the general election to the secretary of state within 48 hours of the nomination. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), { 1; amended 2009, No. 73 (Adj. Sess.), { 5, eff. April 7, 2010.)
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