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Thank you to Dalton Town Clerk Heather Hunt for quickly fixing an error in the mail-in ballot for the Feb. 3 special election

Our Dalton town clerk is to be commended for her swift and corrective action to ensure that the February 3 election is appropriately and legally held.

To the editor:

On January 18, a Friday evening, the Dalton Select Board was advised of a date error on the INSTRUCTIONS ONLY for the mail-in ballot for the February 3 election. On Saturday, January 19, (after being advised by the town manager on Friday evening) Dalton Town Clerk Heather Hunt with the assistance of Patti Mele-Nichols—and at their own expense, including personally supplying USPS stamps—spent the day notifying in writing the 28 eligible Dalton residents (of which I am one) who had received the incorrect instruction sheet. On Tuesday, January 21, Hunt will follow up with phone calls to fulfill any Commonwealth voting requirements.

Our Dalton town clerk is to be commended for her swift and corrective action to ensure that the February 3 election is appropriately and legally held.

The ongoing attempts to stall or stop this election must not prevail, and the people of Dalton must be allowed to vote on February 3.

Thank you.

Rachel I. Branch
Dalton

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