Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1158
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 15 Sec. 1158
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States may apply to the District of Columbia and any territory and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
§ 1158. Voting by Program participant
A Program participant who is otherwise qualified to vote may register to vote and apply for an early voter absentee ballot pursuant to rules adopted by the Secretary of State under section 1160 of this title. Such rules shall enable a town clerk to substitute, on all voting records of the town, the designation “blind ballot” wherever the name or address of the voter might otherwise appear. The Program participant shall receive early voter absentee ballots for all elections in the jurisdictions for which that individual resides in the same manner as early or absentee voters who qualify under 17 V.S.A. § 2531. The town clerk shall transmit the early voter absentee ballot to the Program participant at the address designated by the participant in his or her application. Neither the name nor the address of a Program participant shall be included in any list of registered voters available to the public. (Added 1999, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; amended 2001, No. 6, §§ 12(a), 12(b), eff. April 10, 2001.)