Vermont Statutes Title 24 (Appendix). Municipal Charters, App. c. 107 § 2.3a. Early voting

(a)(1) A voter choosing to vote early by Australian ballot in the Town Clerk's office shall vote in the same manner as those voting on election day provided that the voter completes a “Request for Early Voter Absentee Ballot and Certification” form stating the following:

(2) The certificate shall be signed and dated by the voter.

(3) The voter shall mark the early voter absentee ballot and deposit it into a vote tabulator.

(4) As authorized for certain Town elections pursuant to this charter, a youth voter choosing to vote early shall vote in the same manner as a youth voter on election day, provided that the voter completes an early voting form required by the Town Clerk.

(b)(1) During business hours in the Town Clerk's office, the vote tabulator and ballot bin shall be in a secured area accessible only to election officials and voters. The vote tabulator unit shall be secured with an identifiable seal and the ballot box containing voted ballots shall remain locked at all times and secured with an identifiable seal. Neither seal shall be broken prior to the time of closing the polls on election day. Ballots shall be comingled with those voted at the polls on election day prior to being examined for the purpose of identifying write-in votes.

(2) When an election official is not present or at times other than business hours, the sealed vote tabulator and ballot box shall be secured in the Town Clerk's office vault. The sealed vote tabulator and sealed ballot boxes shall be transferred to the polling place on election day by two election officials and shall not be opened until the polls have closed on election day.

(3) Once early voting has commenced in the Town Clerk's office, the Clerk or designee shall certify each day in a record prepared for this purpose that the seals on the vote tabulator and ballot box are intact.