Clifton election results in limbo after town finds 2 absentee ballots it forgot to count

[RandySF]

Two absentee ballots found after a Tuesday election was called could change the winner of a Select Board seat in Clifton.

Clifton reported the results of its Select Board election Wednesday morning. Cynthia Grant was elected to a one-year seat, beating out Steve Armenia by just one vote, the town said.

But two ballots were found later that day, Deborah Hodgins, Clifton’s town clerk, said. The ballots were mistakenly put in a folder by a ballot clerk and not counted with the others, Hodgins said.

The two absentee ballots are still sealed and uncounted, Hodgins said, and could flip the election.



https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/03/26/penobscot/penobscot-government/clifton-maine-select-board-election-absentee-ballots/