If voters at the annual Town Meeting March 10 decide to change the town clerk’s position from elected to appointed, they won’t see that change on the ballot until the March 2013 town election.

And when residents do see the ballot next year, it may be confusing because it will ask voters to both approve the change to an appointed position and also elect a town clerk.

At their meeting Monday, selectmen briefly discussed an opinion from Town Counsel Robert Troy that explains how the process of changing the town clerk’s job from an elected to an appointed position would work. Selectmen did not give their opinions about the article, saying they planned to vote on it at an upcoming meeting.

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