Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2385
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2385
- 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
- filed: means deposited in the regularly maintained office of the official with whom the filing is to be made. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Justice: when applied to a person, other than a Justice of the Supreme Court, shall mean a justice of the peace for the county for which he or she is elected or appointed. See
- Person: means any individual, business entity, labor organization, public interest group, or other organization, incorporated or unincorporated. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of State. See
- sworn: shall include affirmed. See
- Town: includes "city. See
§ 2385. Statement by committee officers; consent of candidate
(a) When a nomination is made under the provisions of this subchapter, the chair and the secretary of the committee making the nomination shall file a statement of nomination in substantially the following form:
“The ………………………….. met on ………… and nominated the
(name of committee) (date)
following person (or persons) to be a candidate (or candidates) of the
…………………………….. for the office (or offices) indicated
(Name of political party)
…………………………………..
(Name of candidate) (residence) (office for which nominated)
“Notice of the meeting was properly given in compliance with all requirements of section 2383 of this title and the procedures required by section 2384 of this title were followed. A copy of the notice of the meeting is attached.
“We swear under oath that we understand the above provisions of law and that the statements we have made in this document are true.
Sworn to before me
…………………………………. ………………………………….
Notary Public Signature of Chair
…………………………………. …………………………………. ”
Date Signature of Secretary
(b) The statement of nomination shall be signed by the chair or acting chair and secretary or acting secretary of the committee making the nomination. They shall swear in their statement of nomination that the notice requirements of section 2383 of this title and procedural requirements of section 2384 of this title were complied with and that the persons listed as candidates were nominated at the meeting.
(c) A copy of the notice that was sent to all committee members pursuant to section 2383 of this title shall be filed along with the statement of nomination.
(d) Except in the case of nominations for justice of the peace, the candidate named in the statement shall file a consent to having the candidate’s name printed on the ballot, similar in form to the consent required in section 2361 of this title before the last day for filing statements of nomination. It shall be sufficient for meeting this requirement if the candidate signs the statement of nomination with a statement in substantially the following form:
“I consent to having my name printed on the general election ballot for the office of _________________________________________ .
(office for which nomination was made)
My name (as I wish it to appear on the ballot), town or city of residence, and party are as follows:
________ _____________ _________________________________________
Name (please print) Town of residence (please print) Party (please print)
____ _________________________________________
Date Signature of Candidate
_________________________________________ ”
Mailing Address
(e) In the case of nominations by town committee or caucus for the office of justice of the peace, before filing the statement of nomination the chair, acting chair, secretary, or acting secretary shall check with each nominee and confirm that he or she consents to have his or her name printed on the ballot as a candidate for that position and to serve if elected. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 27; 1985, No. 137 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2001, No. 83 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)