Selectmen rescind, redo flawed election appointments
The Plympton Board of Selectmen rescinded a flawed July 27 vote and reappointed 19 Town Election Officers.
Board of Selectmen · Meeting of August 10, 2026
PLYMPTON — The Plympton Board of Selectmen rescinded a flawed July 27 vote and reappointed 19 Town Election Officers. Chair Nathaniel Sides called the special morning session to fix what he described as "a procedural error that occurred during our July 27th meeting" involving the board's committee-appointments agenda item. Both the rescission motion and the reappointment motion passed on voice votes with two audible ayes each; the transcript does not specify full attendance.
The reappointed slate, running through April 14, 2027, includes 19 names read into the record, among them Administrative Assistant Briggette D. Martins alongside residents such as Deborah Anderson, Joan Beckwith and Tamara Parsons. The board adjourned minutes later with no other business on the agenda.
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Source: the Board of Selectmen meeting of August 10, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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