From left, Hunter Melville, Rick Fiske, Woodstock Town Clerk Charles Degener, Chair of the Board of Civil Authority Mary Riley, Jane Soule, Wayne Thompson, Matt Maxham and Fred Barr recount ballots by hand after residents rejected an article adding a 1% local option sales tax by a margin of nine votes during Town Meeting, prompting Woodstock resident Pat Hesterberg to request a recount, at Town Hall in Woodstock, Vt., on Thursday, March 10, 2022. “I think all close votes should be recounted,” Hesterberg said, noting that she didn’t expect the outcome of the vote to change. The final tally of the recount was 425 ‘no’ votes, 415 ‘yes’ votes and 23 abstentions. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com.
From left, Hunter Melville, Rick Fiske, Woodstock Town Clerk Charles Degener, Chair of the Board of Civil Authority Mary Riley, Jane Soule, Wayne Thompson, Matt Maxham and Fred Barr recount ballots by hand after residents rejected an article adding a 1% local option sales tax by a margin of nine votes during Town Meeting, prompting Woodstock resident Pat Hesterberg to request a recount, at Town Hall in Woodstock, Vt., on Thursday, March 10, 2022. “I think all close votes should be recounted,” Hesterberg said, noting that she didn’t expect the outcome of the vote to change. The final tally of the recount was 425 ‘no’ votes, 415 ‘yes’ votes and 23 abstentions. (Valley News / Report For America - Alex Driehaus) Copyright Valley News. May not be reprinted or used online without permission. Send requests to permission@vnews.com. Credit: Valley News / Report For America — Alex Driehaus