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Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2359

  • Candidate: means an individual who has taken any affirmative action to become a candidate for public office. See
  • filed: means deposited in the regularly maintained office of the official with whom the filing is to be made. See
  • Secretary: means the Secretary of State. 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
  • Town: includes "city. See

§ 2359. Notification to Secretary of State

Within three days after the last day for filing petitions, all town and county clerks who have received petitions shall notify the Secretary of State of the names of all candidates, the offices for which they have filed, and whether each has submitted a sufficient number of valid signatures to comply with the requirements of section 2355 of this title. Town and county clerks shall also notify the Secretary of State of any petitions found not to conform to the requirements of this chapter and returned to a candidate under section 2358 of this title, and shall notify the Secretary of State of the status of such petition not later than two days after the last day for filing supplementary petitions. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 21.)