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Vermont Statutes § 2601 Recount threshold

⤴ Up to Subchapter 9: Recounts and Contest of Elections

Statute Text

(a)
(1) In an election for federal office, statewide office, county office, or State Senator, if the difference between the number of votes cast for a winning candidate and the number of votes cast for a losing candidate is two percent or less of the total votes cast for all the candidates for an office, divided by the number of persons to be elected, that losing candidate shall have the right to have the votes for that office recounted.
(2) In an election for State Representative, if the difference between the number of votes cast for a winning candidate and the number of votes cast for a losing candidate is five percent or less of the total votes cast for all the candidates for an office, divided by the number of persons to be elected, that losing candidate shall have the right to have the votes for that office recounted.
(b) In the case of a recount for a local election, the threshold and procedures for conducting the recount shall be as provided in chapter 55, subchapter 3 of this title.

History

Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1 ; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 89; 2009 , No. 98 (Adj. Sess.) , § 2 , eff. 5/10/2010 ; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 2017 , No. 50 , § 1 ; 2019 , No. 67 , § 16 .

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