Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2981
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 17 Sec. 2981
- Campaign: means any organized or coordinated activity undertaken by two or more persons, any part of which is designed to influence the nomination, election, or defeat of any candidate or the passage, defeat, or modification of any public question. See
- Election: means the procedure whereby the voters of this State or any of its political subdivisions select a person to be a candidate for public office or to fill a public office or to act on public questions, including voting on constitutional amendments. See
- filed: means deposited in the regularly maintained office of the official with whom the filing is to be made. See
- General election: means the election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in even-numbered years. See
- Primary: means any election that precedes a general or special election, for the purpose of permitting political parties to nominate, from among all of the candidates for any office, only that number of candidates equal to the number of persons to be elected to that office at the succeeding general or special election. See
- Year: means a calendar year. See
§ 2981. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Affidavit” means the Vermont campaign finance affidavit required under section 2982 of this chapter.
(2) “General election period” means the period beginning the day after the primary election and ending the day of the general election.
(3) “Primary election period” means the period beginning the day after primary petitions must be filed under section 2356 of this title and ending the day of the primary election.
(4) “Vermont campaign finance qualification period” means the period beginning February 15 of each even-numbered year and ending on the date on which primary petitions must be filed under section 2356 of this title. (Added 2013, No. 90 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. Jan. 23, 2014.)