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By VANCE RICHARDSON

Dmoermt Staff Writer

Virginia voters support several bills passed during the current General Assembly session and will vote this fall to approve a state lottery, according to a poll commissioned by The Fauquier Democrat and other newspapers.

The poll released this week indicates Virginians will approve by a comfortable margin a referendum establishing a statewide lottery. State voters also support legislation mandating seat belt use, requiring hunters to wear blaze orange and limiting the amount of money a jury can award a plaintiff for pain and suffering.

Mason-Dixon Opinion Research Inc., of Columbia, Md., surveyed 828 registered Virginia voters by telephone between Feb. 16 and Feb. 20. The polling sample, which has a

84.7%