2011 Vermont Code
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 107 TOWN OF BRATTLEBORO
§ 9.04 Nomination of candidates; preparation and delivery of ballots; return of unused ballots

§ 107-9.4. Nomination of candidates; preparation and delivery of ballots; return of unused ballots

(a) Nomination of candidates for town meeting members shall be made by certificates of nomination to be prepared by the town clerk which shall bear no political designation, shall be signed by not fewer than ten voters of the district in which the candidates live, and shall be filed with the town clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Monday preceding the election; provided that any town meeting member may become a candidate for re-election solely by giving written notice thereof to the town clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the seventh Monday preceding the election. No certificate of nomination shall be valid in respect of any candidate whose written acceptance is not endorsed thereon or attached thereto when filed.

(b) In addition to the ballots required by law for the election of town and town school district officers, and other questions to be determined by Australian ballot, the town clerk shall prepare a separate ballot for each district, which shall contain the names of all candidates for town meeting members from that district.

(c) The town clerk shall cause to be delivered to the presiding officer of each district before the opening of the polls on the day of election the ballots to be used in such district, sealed and marked for such district, and a receipt shall be returned to him from the presiding officer thereof, which receipt, with a record of the number of ballots sent and the used and unused ballots, shall be returned to the town clerk with the check lists hereinbefore provided, and shall be preserved by the town clerk for six months.