Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2146
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2146
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Board of civil authority: means , unless otherwise provided by municipal charter, in the case of a town, the selectboard and town clerk and the justices residing therein; in the case of a city, the mayor, aldermen, city clerk, and justices residing therein; in the case of a village, the trustees, village clerk, and the justices residing therein; and, in any case, such suitable member or members of unrepresented or insufficiently represented political parties as may be appointed members of the board of civil authority under the provisions of section 2143 of this title. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Give: means to offer, present, confer, pay, or deliver; also to agree or promise to do any of the foregoing. See
- Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
- Oath: shall include affirmation where by law an affirmation may be substituted. See
- Person: means any individual, business entity, labor organization, public interest group, or other organization, incorporated or unincorporated. See
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- Town: includes "city. See
- Town clerk: means a town officer elected pursuant to section 2646 of this title or otherwise elected or appointed by law and performing those duties prescribed by 24 Vt. See
- Voter: means an individual who is qualified to vote in an election in this State or a political subdivision of this State, and whose name is registered on the checklist of a political subdivision of the State. See
§ 2146. Action of board of civil authority or town clerk in revising checklist
(a) At a meeting to revise the checklist, the board of civil authority shall determine whether any person who has applied to be registered to vote meets the requirements of section 2121 of this title. On demand of a majority of the board present, applicants may be examined under oath concerning the facts stated in the application. The board may make such investigation as it deems proper to verify any statement made under oath by an applicant.
(b) As soon as possible, after receipt of an application, the board or, upon request of the board, the town clerk shall inform an applicant of its action as provided in subsection (d) of section 2145 of this chapter. If the board rejects an applicant, it shall also notify him or her forthwith, in person or by first-class mail directed to the address given in the application, of its reasons. The notice shall be in substantially the following form:
REJECTION OF APPLICATION FOR ADDITION
TO CHECKLIST
The Board of Civil Authority of ………………………………….. ,
(Town/City)
having met on …………………………….. , 20 ……. to consider applications for addition to the checklist, has found probable cause, as stated below, to reject the application of …………………………………..
………………………………………….. .
(Name)
Cause for rejection:
(a) AGE:
(b) CITIZENSHIP:
(c) VOTER‘S OATH:
(d RESIDENCE:
The Board of Civil Authority will meet on the ………………………….. day of ……………………………….. , 20 ……. , at ……. o’clock at the following location: ………………………………………… to reconsider your application and give you an opportunity to appear before the Board. You may present any information or witnesses you wish at that time, or you may appeal directly to any Superior judge in this county or district.
…………………………………………..
Town Clerk or Chair of Board
of Civil Authority
(c) If the notice required under subsection (b) of this section is returned undelivered, the board of civil authority shall proceed to remove the person’s name from the checklist in the manner set forth in section 2150 of this title. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 14; 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 11; 1997, No. 47, §§ 7, 11; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), §§ 3, 72.)