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Vermont Statutes § 2453 Duties of presiding officer

⤴ Up to Subchapter 1: Election Officials

Statute Text

The presiding officer shall be responsible for preparation of polling places and voting equipment, opening and closing the polls, scheduling the working hours of all election officials, counting votes and certifying the results of the count, securing all ballots, maintaining order at the polls, and in all things assuring that the election is conducted according to law. If it is necessary for the presiding officer to be absent from the polling place during any part of the election, he or she shall designate another to act in his or her stead until he or she returns. The presiding officer shall make every reasonable effort to assure that at least one election official from each major party is present at the polling place at all times.

History

Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1 ; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 40.

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