⚠️⚠️⚠️Selectboard Openings & Upcoming Election⚠️⚠️⚠️ 

With a recent resignation, there are now TWO open seats on Woodstock’s Selectboard.

Interim Appointments (Thursday May 28th 2026)

The Selectboard, per 24 V.S.A. § 963, (a) When a vacancy occurs in any Town office, the Selectboard forthwith by appointment in writing shall fill such vacancy until an election is had;

The Selectboard plans to appoint individuals to BOTH open seats.

1. Application deadline: May 26^th , 2026
2. Potential Candidate interviews: Thursday May 28th at 6:30PM Selectboard Meeting
3. Potential appointments following interviews. 

Anyone appointed on Thursday May 28^th  that wishes to continue serving MUST run in the August 11 Special Election. 

There are two seats open, the first seat has a term ending March 2027. Anyone elected to this seat wishing to continue serving must run in the March 2027 Town Meeting.

The second seat has a term ending March 2028. 

Special Election (Tuesday August 11th 2026)

Both seats will be filled by voters at a Special Election:

1. Election date: Tuesday August 11^th , 2026
2. How to run: Interested Woodstock residents must obtain a petition from the Town Clerk’s Office and get the signature of 30 Woodstock residents.
3. Petition deadline: Monday July 6th, 2026

For more information or an application

https://www.townofwoodstock.org/fileadmin/files/Archive/2025/02/Application-for-Boards.pdf