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§ 2362. Primary ballots
(a) The ballots shall be prepared and furnished to the towns by the secretary of state and shall contain the names of all candidates for nomination at the primary. A separate ballot for each major political party in the same format as is used for optical scan tabulator ballots shall be printed in substantially the following form:
OFFICIAL VERMONT PRIMARY ELECTION BALLOT
VOTE ON ONE PARTY BALLOT ONLY AND PLACE IN BALLOT
BOX OR VOTE TABULATOR
ALL OTHER PARTY BALLOTS MUST BE PLACED IN UNVOTED
BALLOT BOX
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[MAJOR POLITICAL PARTY NAME]
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Instructions to voters: To vote for a candidate whose name is printed on the ballot, mark a cross (X) or fill in the oval at the right of that person's name and party designation. To vote for a candidate whose name is not printed on the ballot, write the person's name on the blank line in the appropriate block. When there are two or more persons to be elected to one office, you may vote for any number of candidates up to and including the maximum number.
(b) Following the names of candidates printed on the ballot after the name of each office to be filled, shall be as many blank lines for write-in candidates as there are persons to be elected to that office. If no primary petition is filed for an office or for a candidate belonging to a party, the ballot shall contain the name of the office and blank lines for write-in candidates. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 22; 2007, No. 54, § 2.)
