2018 Vermont Statutes
Title 17 - Elections
Chapter 51 - Conduct Of Elections
§ 2543 Return of ballots
§ 2543. Return of ballots
(a) After marking the ballots and signing the certificate on the envelope, the early or absentee voter to whom the same are addressed shall return the ballots to the clerk of the town in which he or she is a voter, in the manner prescribed, except that in the case of a voter to whom ballots are delivered by justices, the ballots shall be returned to the justices calling upon him or her, and they shall deliver them to the town clerk.
(b) Once an early voter absentee ballot has been returned to the clerk in the envelope with the signed certificate, it shall be stored in a secure place and shall not be returned to the voter for any reason.
(c) If a ballot includes more than one page, the early or absentee voter need only return the page upon which the voter has marked his or her vote.
(d)(1) All early voter absentee ballots returned as follows shall be counted:
(A) by any means, to the town clerk's office before the close of business on the day preceding the election;
(B) by mail, to the town clerk's office before the close of the polls on the day of the election; and
(C) by hand delivery to the presiding officer at the voter's polling place.
(2) An early voter absentee ballot returned in a manner other than those set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not be counted. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 73; 2001, No. 6, § 10, eff. April 10, 2001; 2017, No. 50, § 31.)
