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Fraud
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Capt. Streapy’s investigation grew out of a complaint made to Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke by Newbill Miller, one of the nine candidates for a seat on the Town Council in this year’s election. He won one of the five at-large seats. Mr. Lynch, who was appointed to the council to fill a vacancy last year, also ran for an elected seat but did not win.
Mr. Miller said he went to Mrs. Leake before the election and questioned the eligibility of the three to vote. The registrar told him that they had sworn under oath that they lived in the town, and would therefore be allowed to vote. “She did it correctly,” Mr. Miller said.
After the election, he added, he reported his suspicions to Mr. Luke, who began an investigation into the allegation.
The Commonwealth’s Attorney said this is the first time he can remember a criminal investigation into election fraud in Rappahannock County.
A record 94 percent of the town’s eligible voters participated in the election, with 113 of its 120 voters casting ballots. But the margin of victory, six votes, between Mr. Miller and Charles Eldred, who finished sixth in the balloting, was large enough so that a challenge to the three votes would not produce a
96.9%