{"data":{"id":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2510","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"17 V.S.A. § 2510","heading":"Polling places; firearms prohibited","body":"(a)(1) A person shall not knowingly possess a firearm at a polling place or on the walks leading to a building in which a polling place is located on an election day.\n(2) The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall apply to the town clerk’s office during any period when a board of civil authority has voted to permit early voting pursuant to subdivision 2546b(a)(1) of this title.\n(b) This section shall not apply to:\n(1) a firearm carried for legitimate law enforcement purposes by a federal law enforcement officer or a law enforcement officer certified as a law enforcement officer by the Vermont Criminal Justice Council pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 2358;\n(2) a firearm carried by a person while preforming the person’s official duties as an employee of the United States; a department or agency of the United States; a state; or a department, agency, or political subdivision of a state if the person is authorized to carry a firearm as part of the person’s official duties; or\n(3) a firearm stored in a motor vehicle.\n(c) Notice of the provisions of this section shall be posted conspicuously at each public entrance to each polling place.\n(d) As used in this section:\n(1) “Firearm” has the same meaning as in section 13 V.S.A. § 4017.\n(2) “Polling place” means a place that a municipality has designated to the Secretary of State as a polling place pursuant to subsection 2502(f) of this title.","path":["Title 17: Elections","Chapter 051: Conduct of Elections","Subchapter 004: POLLING PLACES"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/17/051/02510","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:01Z","sha256":"20e5e4234287939f4c946bf20a710c652421b08a5a6348d8130a2bc5239d1b22","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2509","next":"us-vt/17-v.s.a.-2521"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}