§ 1814 - Appointment of candidates for delegates
§ 1814. Appointment of candidates for delegates
Not less than thirty days before the date of the election of delegates, the governor, the lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of representatives, or in case of incapacity of any one of them, the secretary of state in his stead, shall appoint and forthwith announce the names of twenty-eight candidates for delegates, such candidates being in their opinion representative citizens of Vermont. Fourteen of these candidates shall be persons who assent to the placing of their names on the ballots as "For Ratification," and fourteen shall be persons who assent to the placing of their names on the ballot as "Against Ratification." One candidate for ratification and one candidate against ratification shall be appointed from each county in the state.