BETHEL – The Sullivan County Democrat published town-wide election results from the November 3 General Election in our November 6th edition. When the polls closed on Election Day, the race for Tax Collector in the Town of Bethel showed candidate Julie Rozar as the winner, with 866 votes over Robert Doherty’s 832.

But, after the Sullivan County Board of Elections (BOE) opened absentee ballots, Doherty has been determined the winner.

According to the most recent results from the BOE, which are updated daily, Doherty received 805 votes on the Republican line and 109 votes on the Conservative line for a total of 914. Rozar received 818 votes on the Democratic line and 89 votes on the People Over Politics line for a total of 907, leaving a margin of just seven votes between the two candidates. There was one write-in vote.

Doherty was appointed as the town’s tax collector in January following the death of former tax collector Susan Brown Otto last Nov. 16.