THOMASTON — A special election for the open select board seat in Thomaston has been set for late August. 

Thomaston voters will head to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 27, to vote in a replacement for Beverly St. Clair, who resigned from her select board seat June 12. 

“It is with regret I respectfully submit my resignation from the position of Selectwoman effective immediately,” St. Clair wrote in her resignation letter.

“I will just say that there are many unanswered questions here in Thomaston,” she wrote in statement to penbaypilot.com. “I guess at this point, I have more questions than answers.”

At its regular select board meeting June 24, the remaining select board members accepted her resignation and established the special election timeline. 

Nomination papers will be available starting Monday, July 1, and will be due Friday, July 19, at 2 p.m. Papers are available at and are to be returned to the Town Office. 

Nomination papers must contain not less than 25 or more than 100 signatures of registered voters of the Town of Thomaston to be included on the ballot. 

The seat’s term will expire in 2021. 

At the June 24 meeting, the select board also acknowledged receipt of a recall petition that had been circulated in the town prior to St. Clair’s resignation. 

The petition received 147 signatures, though only 141 of those came from registered voters. 

Since St. Clair resigned, the town moves to a special election rather than a vote on the recall petition. 

Special Election Timeline

Monday, June 24 — Select Board calls a Special Secret Ballot Election to fill the Board vacancy and signs the notice of shortened nomination process, pursuant to 30-A MRS Section 2528(4)(E)

Tuesday, June 25 — Notice of shortened nomination process is sent to all the local media, posted on the Town website, in the Town newsletter, and posted at the Town Office, Pik Qwick, and Thomaston Grocery, similar to a Town Warrant.

Monday, July 1 — Nomination Papers are available for one Select Board Member. Nomination papers are available for three weeks. 

Friday, July 19 — Filing deadline for nomination papers

Monday, July 22 — Select Board approves and signs Town Meeting Warrant for the Special Secret Ballot Election.

Week of July 22 — Print absentee ballots

Tuesday, July 23 — Post the Town Meeting Warrant

Monday, July 29 — Absentee Ballots are available

Tuesday, August 27 — Election Day. Polls open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Reach George Harvey at: sports@penbaypilot.com.