The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below now include the actions of the 2026 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 17 : Elections
Chapter 035 : Offenses Against the Purity of Elections
Subchapter 002 : Penalties upon Voters
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§ 1972. Showing ballot
A voter who, except in cases of assistance as provided in this title, allows the voter’s ballot to be seen by another person with an apparent intention of letting it be known how the voter is about to vote or makes a false statement to the presiding officer at an election as to the voter’s inability to mark the voter’s ballot or places a distinguishing mark on the voter’s ballot shall be fined $1,000.00. (Amended 2001, No. 5, § 11; 2013, No. 161 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2025, No. 126 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 8, 2026.)