Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2731

  • Candidate: means an individual who has taken any affirmative action to become a candidate for public office. See
  • Election: means the procedure whereby the voters of this State, or any of its political subdivisions, select persons to fill public offices or act on public questions. See

§ 2731. Certificates of election

When the canvassing committee provided for in section 2592 of this title meets, it shall issue its certificates of election, with respect to the presidential election, to the electors nominated by the party whose candidate for President has received the greatest number of votes, except that if the agreement set forth in 17 Vt. Stat. Ann. chapter 58 (agreement among the states to elect the President by national popular vote) governs the appointment of presidential electors as provided in subsection 2753(i) of this title, the committee shall issue its certificates of election, with respect to the presidential election, to the electors nominated in association with the national popular vote winner as provided in subsection 2753(c) of this title. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 6, 1980; amended 2021, No. 123 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2022.)