Vermont Statutes Title 17. Elections, § 2685a. Procedure for recount

(1) The town clerk shall store all ballots, still in their sealed containers, in his or her vault until the day of the recount.

(4) Repealed by 2017, No. 50, Sec. 59, eff. July 1, 2017.

(5) Repealed by 2017, No. 50, Sec. 59, eff. July 1, 2017.

(1) Before the recount begins, the town clerk shall explain the recount procedures that are to be followed and shall answer questions relating to such procedures.

(2) The election officials shall recount the contents of one container before another container is opened and shall recount the contents of all the containers relating to one polling place before moving to those of another polling place.

(1) If the election officials examining a particular ballot do not agree on how the vote on that ballot should be counted, all of the board of civil authority members present shall review the vote, and the vote shall be counted as agreed upon by a majority of those board of civil authority members.

(2) A write-in vote for a preprinted candidate shall be counted as a vote for that candidate.

(1) The town clerk shall preserve order. If a person, after notice, is persistently disorderly and refuses to withdraw from the premises, the town clerk may cause the person to be removed from the premises.

(2) The town clerk shall designate an area within which the recount shall take place. Persons who are not board of civil authority members or appointed impartial election officers shall be permitted to view a recount in progress, but persons not authorized by the town clerk shall not be permitted within the area designated by the town clerk.

(2) Repealed by 2017, No. 50, § 59, eff. July 1, 2017.