Kennedy v. Chittenden

This is an election contest first started as a recount under 17 V.S.A. §§ 2601 and 2602. That recount appeared to confirm the narrow victory of the defendant Chittenden, whereupon a contest was initiated before Chittenden Superior Court, on the basis of asserted checklist irregularities, under the authority of 17 V.S.A. § 2603. The court below held a hearing, took evidence and made findings of fact and conclusions of law. The judgment order issued based on these findings called for a new election for the Chittenden District 6-2 seat.

The procedures outlined in 17 V.S.A. § 2603 were followed…