EIIElection Integrity Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2154 codifies the statewide voter checklist but no public, downloadable verification package of certificates, device records, and result signatures.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

§ 2481 ('Printed ballots required') codifies that, except for floor voice votes, 'no voting shall occur in any local, primary, or general election that does not use printed ballots.' Vermont votes on hand-marked printed paper ballots — hand-counted or scanned by a vote tabulator that retains the paper ballot (§ 2499). A voter-verifiable paper ballot is mandated.

“no voting shall occur in any local, primary, or general election that does not use printed ballots”

§ 2603 codifies that the result of an election for any office (other than the General Assembly) or public question 'may be contested by any legal voter entitled to vote' on it, by filing a complaint alleging count or return errors. § 2688 lets a registered voter demand a recount on a public question decided by under a 5% margin. A citizen route to re-examination of the count is codified, though a general candidate-race re-tally runs through the contest/recount process.

§ 2590 codifies a tamper-evident ballot-custody regime: after the count, ballots, tally sheets, and checklists are placed in sealed containers delivered to the town clerk. § 2602h requires recording the seal number on the summary sheet, and § 2493(a)(2) requires vote tabulators to be 'locked in a vault or a secure location at all times when not in use.' Mandatory tamper-evident sealing codified (ordinal 2/5 — tamper-evident ballot custody, not a voting-equipment hardware tamper standard).

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2493 requires the Secretary of State to provide for tabulator security and to keep tabulators locked in a vault when not in use, but it does not codify an explicit prohibition on connecting vote-casting or tabulating equipment to the internet or a network.

§ 2590 codifies chain-of-custody documentation: the presiding officer collects and delivers to the town clerk, in securely sealed containers, the ballots, tally sheets, and checklists. § 2506 places ballot boxes in the town clerk's custody when not in use, and § 2499 requires two election officials for any transfer of voted ballots from a tabulator. Custody documentation codified.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2154 codifies access limits on the statewide voter checklist (a data-security measure), but no explicit criminal penalty for unauthorized access to voting equipment was surfaced for this datapoint.

§ 2493(a)(3)(A) codifies a mandatory post-election audit: 'the Secretary of State shall conduct a random postelection audit of any polling place election results for a general election within 30 days of the election.' A mandatory random post-election audit of general elections is codified.

“The Secretary of State shall conduct a random postelection audit of any polling place election results for a general election within 30 days of the election.”

§ 2493(a)(3) codifies the audit method: the Secretary of State conducts a random post-election audit by opening the ballot bags and counting 'in the same manner as ballots are counted under sections 2581 through 2588' — a hand count — then publicly announcing the audit results alongside the original return, and referring possible fraud to the Attorney General. A mandatory random hand-count audit method codified (ordinal 3/5 — not a statistical risk-limiting audit).

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

§ 2493(a)(3)(C) requires the Secretary of State to 'publicly announce the results of the audit as well as the results from the original return of the vote.' Public disclosure of audit results is codified; the audit itself is conducted at the Secretary of State's office.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2103 is the definitions section. The post-election audit (§ 2493) refers possible fraud to the Attorney General rather than directly amending the certified result; recount findings, by contrast, are binding under § 2686.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2962 governs campaign-finance report certification — unrelated to voting-system source code. Vermont codifies no public source-code disclosure for vote tabulators.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2103 is the definitions section. No provision requires ballot contests, layouts, or tabulation programming to be signed and published before polls open (ballot content is set by § 2471 and distributed under § 2479, but not as a signed public election-definition artifact).

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

§ 2564 codifies domestic observer rights: each organized political party, each non-party candidate on the ballot, and each committee supporting or opposing a public question may have up to two representatives per voting district inside the polling place 'for the purpose of observing the voting process and challenging the right of any person to vote.' § 2602c grants public viewing of recounts. Observer rights codified.

“for the purpose of observing the voting process and challenging the right of any person to vote”

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

§ 2588 codifies prompt precinct/town-level result publication: as the count is completed the presiding officer announces results publicly and posts the tabulator tape ('Unofficial incomplete results'), and 'the town clerk shall report as soon as practicable on the day of the election the unofficial vote counts of all candidates ... to the Secretary of State' via the online elections reporting system. Election-night result reporting codified (ordinal 3/5).

“The town clerk shall report as soon as practicable on the day of the election the unofficial vote counts of all candidates whose names appeared on the ballot to the Secretary of State.”

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2950 governs contractor campaign contributions. Vermont in fact requires the opposite of multi-vendor capability — § 2493(a)(1) mandates a single 'uniform vote tabulator approved by the Secretary of State' for all municipalities that use one.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2950 restricts sole-source state contracts awarded to campaign contributors, but the Election Code codifies no duration cap on voting-system vendor contracts.

No matching sections in corpus (FTS returned 0 candidates) — concept not codified in this jurisdiction's election statute.

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2587 ('Rules for counting votes') governs voter-intent determination, not ballot secrecy. Vermont guarantees ballot secrecy through the Australian-ballot system and § 2504 (voting booths that let a voter mark a ballot 'without having his or her choices observed by any other person'), but that provision was not surfaced for this datapoint.

§ 2667 requires the municipality to 'take reasonable measures to ensure that voters who are elders or have a disability may conveniently attend' meetings (ground-floor location, ramps, access devices). § 2538 codifies justice-of-the-peace delivery of ballots to early/absentee voters who are ill, injured, or disabled, and § 2502 governs accessible polling-place location. Accessibility accommodations codified (ordinal 2/5 — HAVA-equipment accessibility detail sits in Secretary-of-State rules).

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: § 2504 requires 'a sufficient number' of voting booths 'as determined by the board of civil authority,' but no statutory floor on polling places per N voters or per geographic area is codified — Vermont provides a polling place per town voting district.