Sandgate Selectboard confirms winners after ballot-instruction error

Mar 4, 2026

The Selectboard confirmed John Phelps and Rob Viglas as elected to the 1-year Selectboard seats after discovering a ballot instruction error; the town attorney cited 17 V.S.A. § 2682(c) to declare the top vote-getters elected and oaths were signed.

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The Sandgate Selectboard confirmed the winners of a contested one-year Selectboard race after identifying an error on the ballot that could have confused voters.

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