Price v. Town of Fairlee

¶ 1. The question presented is whether, under the Vermont Access to Public Records Act, ballots and tally sheets from the November 2006 election in the Town of Fairlee are open to public inspection. For the reasons set forth below, we conclude that they are. The trial court judgment to the contrary, therefore, is reversed.

¶ 2. The factual and procedural background is as follows. In August 2008, plaintiff, a resident of the Town of Fairlee, filed a pro se complaint in the superior court seeking access to the ballots and tally sheets from the November 2006 election in the possession of the town…