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Dover Board of Selectmen
How the Dover Board of Selectmen voted, from the Board of Selectmen’s official minutes. 3 Selectmen elected townwide for three-year terms, one seat each year. Robyn Hunter was re-elected in May 2026 (term to 2029). The reorganization was on the May 28, 2026 agenda, but those minutes are not posted. Later minutes (June 30, 2026) call David Haviland "Chair" and Cam Hudson "Member"; no Clerk is named in posted minutes. Covers 2 meetings so far, June 8 to June 30, 2026.
A monthly email on what it voted on, starting in November.
What does the Board of Selectmen do? It is the town’s executive board. It prepares the Town Meeting warrant (the list of articles voters decide), appoints members of many town boards, hires the town’s top staff, signs warrants to pay town bills, and grants licenses and permits.
Town Meeting, not the Board of Selectmen, votes the town budget and town bylaws.
Sources: Massachusetts Select Board Handbook (MMA) · Mass. Division of Local Services: the town budgetVote Transparency Score
Dover Board of Selectmen: 6 out of 10 · Partly open
How easy Dover makes it to see, online, how each member votes. It scores the town’s records, not any official. Checked October 9, 2026.
- Minutes postedMinutes are online for only some meetings.Part points: 1/2
- Each vote namedVotes name each Selectman, including on split votes.Full points: 3/3
- Posted quicklyMinutes are many months late.No points: 0/2
- Past years onlineBoard minutes from 2018 to today are online.Full points: 1/1
- Readable textRecent minutes are searchable text.Full points: 1/1
- Member photosThe town’s website lists the Selectmen by name only.No points: 0/1
How the town can raise its score
- Minutes posted (+1): Post approved minutes for every meeting on the town website. Don’t require a sign-in to view them.
- Posted quickly (+2): Post minutes within 30 days. If approval takes longer, post a draft marked “Draft – not yet approved” and replace it later.
- Member photos (+1): Show a photo of each member on the board’s web page, with their name, the date their term ends and how to contact them. A group photo of the members, with everyone named in the caption or on the same page, earns half a point.
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Board years
Coming up
No upcoming meeting is posted yet. Check the official calendar →
Under the state Open Meeting Law, boards post notice at least 48 hours ahead, not counting weekends and legal holidays.
Members
✓ Every meeting 2026
Cameron HudsonMember · Elected townwide · at 2 of 2 meetings✓ Every meeting 2026
Robyn HunterMember · Elected townwide · at 2 of 2 meetings"At X of Y meetings" counts the members the minutes list as present at the start of each meeting in this record. Members who step out are listed on each meeting page.
Attendance
9 full-board meetings so far this year, through June 30. Ties share a rank.
1David Haviland9 of 9 meetings Every meeting100%1Cameron Hudson9 of 9 meetings Every meeting100%1Robyn Hunter9 of 9 meetings Every meeting100%23 full-board meetings in 2025. Ties share a rank.
1David Haviland23 of 23 meetings Every meeting100%1Robyn Hunter23 of 23 meetings Every meeting100%1Cameron Hudson14 of 14 meetings · served from May Every meeting100%24 full-board meetings in 2024. Ties share a rank.
1Robyn Hunter24 of 24 meetings Every meeting100%1John Jeffries20 of 20 meetings · served until Sep Every meeting100%1David Haviland19 of 19 meetings · served from Mar Every meeting100%31 full-board meetings in 2023. Ties share a rank.
1Robyn Hunter31 of 31 meetings Every meeting100%1John Jeffries31 of 31 meetings Every meeting100%3Robert Springett27 of 28 meetings · served until Nov96%30 full-board meetings in 2022. Ties share a rank.
1John Jeffries30 of 30 meetings Every meeting100%2Robyn Hunter29 of 30 meetings97%2Robert Springett29 of 30 meetings97%31 full-board meetings in 2021. Ties share a rank.
1Robyn Hunter31 of 31 meetings Every meeting100%1John Jeffries31 of 31 meetings Every meeting100%3Robert Springett30 of 31 meetings97%35 full-board meetings in 2020. Ties share a rank.
1Robyn Hunter35 of 35 meetings Every meeting100%1John Jeffries35 of 35 meetings Every meeting100%1Robert Springett35 of 35 meetings Every meeting100%30 full-board meetings in 2019. Ties share a rank.
1John Jeffries30 of 30 meetings Every meeting100%2Robyn Hunter29 of 30 meetings97%2Robert Springett29 of 30 meetings97%34 full-board meetings in 2018. Ties share a rank.
1Robyn Hunter34 of 34 meetings Every meeting100%1Robert Springett25 of 25 meetings · served from Jun Every meeting100%1Candace McCann9 of 9 meetings · served until May Every meeting100%4John Jeffries33 of 34 meetings97%From the official minutes: full-board meetings only (committee meetings are not counted). Members are counted only for meetings held while they served, and arriving late counts as attending. The minutes rarely say why a member was absent.
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Meetings
About missing minutes
Loaded: Dover Board of Selectmen minutes from January 11, 2018 through June 30, 2026, from the town’s Agenda Center. The town has not posted minutes for any meeting after June 30, 2026, or for eight earlier 2026 meetings (January 27, March 24, April 28, May 4, May 12, May 28, June 9 and June 15); in all, about 58 meetings since 2018 have an agenda online but no minutes. We list every meeting without minutes, and MassVoter is asking the town for them. Most minutes since 2020 are typed; about 70 from 2018 to early 2020 are scanned images, which MassVoter read with text recognition and checked by hand. Most Dover votes are recorded as unanimous or as a roll call by name, so we show each member’s vote. When the minutes give only the result, or a count without names (two 2-1 votes in 2019), we show that without guessing. Eleven motions that have no recorded vote are left out. Minutes of other committees filed in the same place (the Town Meeting Review, Board Membership Size and Police Chief Screening committees) are not loaded. We will ask the town to confirm any noted vote.
Votes where members disagreed
Most board votes are unanimous. These are the ones where at least one member voted no or abstained, newest first.
None.
From the Dover Board of Selectmen’s official minutes, posted in the town’s Agenda Center. We check every vote against the Selectmen present and quote the exact wording. MassVoter never grades or scores officials.
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