| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.117 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #379180 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.117 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Hooper of Burlington, Austin of Colchester, 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Bishop of Colchester, Branagan of Georgia, Brown of 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Richmond, Burtt of Cabot, Canfield of Fair Haven, Critchlow of 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Colchester, Duke of Burlington, Greer of Bennington, Harrison 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | of Chittenden, Howard of Rutland City, Morgan, M. of Milton, 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | and Mrowicki of Putney 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Referred to Committee on 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Date: 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | Subject: Elections; nominations 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to prohibit a 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | candidate who loses a major party primary for any office from appearing on 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | the general election ballot for the same office for which the candidate lost in 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | the primary election as an independent candidate or representing any other 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | party. 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | An act relating to general election candidates 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 17 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Sec. 1. 17 V.S.A. § 2381 is amended to read: 18 |
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| 24 | 24 | | § 2381. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER 19 |
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| 25 | 25 | | * * * 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.117 |
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| 29 | 29 | | VT LEG #379180 v.1 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (c) In no event shall a candidate who loses a major party primary be 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | nominated to appear on the general election ballot pursuant to this subchapter 3 |
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| 33 | 33 | | by a committee of any party other than the party for which the candidate 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | appeared on the primary ballot. 5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 2. 17 V.S.A. § 2401 is amended to read: 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | § 2401. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (a) A person may be nominated and have his or her the person’s name 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | printed on the general election ballot for any office by filing a consent similar 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | in form to the consent prescribed by section 2361 of this title and a statement 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | of nomination with the Secretary of State. In the case of a nomination for 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | justice of the peace, the consent form and statement of nomination shall be 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | filed with the town clerk. 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) A candidate who loses a major party primary for any office shall not 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | appear on the general election ballot as an independent candidate for the same 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | office for which the candidate lost in the primary election. 16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Sec. 3 EFFECTIVE DATE 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | This act shall take effect on passage. 18 |
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