Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2357
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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2357
- Accept: means to solicit, receive, or agree to receive. See
- filed: means deposited in the regularly maintained office of the official with whom the filing is to be made. See
- Primary: means any election that precedes a general or special election, for the purpose of permitting political parties to nominate, from among all of the candidates for any office, only that number of candidates equal to the number of persons to be elected to that office at the succeeding general or special election. See
- Representative district clerk: means , in each representative district, the clerk of that town or part of a town having the largest population in the district. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of State. See
- Senatorial district clerk: means the county clerk for those towns within a senatorial district aggregating the largest population. See
- 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
§ 2357. Place of filing petition
(a) Primary petitions and consent forms shall be filed as follows:
(1) For State and congressional officers, with the Secretary of State;
(2) For county officers with the county clerk;
(3) For State Senator, with the senatorial district clerk;
(4) For Representative to the General Assembly, with the representative district clerk.
(b) The public official designated to accept a petition shall not accept a nominating petition unless a completed and signed consent form is filed at the same time. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2007, No. 54, § 1.)