Vermont Secretary of State Office
Contact Info: kscheele@sec.state.vt.us
Per the Director of Elections and Campaign Finance
A candidate for federal office must comply with the filing requirements of the Vermont Statutes (submitting a petition and a consent form) to have a name placed on the ballot.
I am not familiar with the qualifications challenge process for federal office. You could look at websites for the houses in Congress.
Updated 12/28/11
Nothing about challenging a candidates qualifications. Below is all they have for challenging the petitions . However, the only challenges that can be made are as to if the correct number of signatures are on the petition and if they are valid
TITLE 17 Elections CHAPTER 57. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Subchapter I. Presidential Primary
§ 2702. Nominating petition
The name of any person shall be printed upon the primary ballot as a candidate for nomination by any major political party if petitions signed by at least 1,000 voters in accordance with sections 2353, 2354, and 2358 of this title are filed with the secretary of state, together with the written consent of the person to the printing of the person’s name on the ballot. Petitions shall be filed not later than 5:00 p.m. on the first Monday after the first Tuesday of January preceding the primary election. The petition shall be in a form prescribed by the secretary of state. A person’s name shall not be listed as a candidate on the primary ballot of more than one party in the same election. Each petition shall be accompanied by a filing fee of $2,000.00 to be paid to the secretary of state and deposited by the secretary of state into the general fund. However, if the petition of a candidate is accompanied by the affidavit of the candidate, which shall be available for public inspection,
that the candidate and the candidate’s campaign committee are without sufficient funds to pay the filing fee, the secretary of state shall waive all but $300.00 of the payment of the filing fee by that candidate. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), { 1, eff. May 6, 1980; amended 1995, No. 38, { 3; 2011, No. 66, { 16, eff. June 1, 2011.)
TITLE 17 Elections CHAPTER 57. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS Subchapter I. Presidential Primary
§ 2703. Examining petitions, supplementary petitions
The secretary of state shall examine the petitions and ascertain whether they conform to the provisions of this chapter, and sections 2353, 2354 and 2358 of this title. If found not to conform he shall state in writing why a particular petition cannot be accepted, and within 72 hours from receipt he shall return it to the candidate in whose behalf it was filed. In such case, supplementary petitions may be filed not later than ten days after the date for filing petitions. However, supplementary petitions shall not be accepted if petitions with the signatures of at least one thousand persons were not filed by 5:00 p.m. on the third Monday of January preceding the primary election. (Added 1979, No. 199 (Adj. Sess.), { 1, eff. May 6, 1980.)
