Terms Used In Vermont Statutes > Title 17 > Chapter 58 - Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote

• Candidate: means an individual who has taken any affirmative action to become a candidate for public office. See
• Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
• 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
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• 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
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• General election: means the election held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, in even-numbered years. See
• Political party: is a ny group of individuals that has organized and filed its certificate of organization with the Secretary of State, pursuant to chapter 45 of this title. 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
• Public question: means any question, issue, proposition, or referendum (whether binding or advisory) submitted or required by law to be submitted to the voters of the State or any political subdivision of the State, for a decision. 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
• Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
• Town: includes "city. See
• Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
• 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
• Year: means a calendar year. See