Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2308
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2308
- Candidate: means an individual who has taken any affirmative action to become a candidate for public office. See
- Caucus: From the Algonquian Indian language, a caucus meant "to meet together." An informal organization of members of the legislature that exists to discuss issues of mutual concern and possibly to perform legislative research and policy planning for its members. There are regional, political or ideological, ethnic, and economic-based caucuses.
- 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
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. 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
§ 2308. Composition of county committee
(a) The number of delegates to the county committee that each town caucus is entitled to elect shall be apportioned by the State committee, based upon the number of votes cast for the party’s candidate for Governor in the last election, provided that each town caucus shall be entitled to elect at least two delegates.
(b) Delegates to the county committee shall be voters of the town, but need not be members of the town committee.
(c) Delegates shall serve for two years following their election or until their successors are elected or appointed. (Added 1979, No. 198 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2019, No. 67, § 9.)