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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock New* Staff Writer
Rappahannock County is one of only two counties in the state that votes entirely with paper ballots. Highland County is the other.
A few counties have paper ballots in one or more precincts, and most counties use paper ballots for absentee voting. All of these counties, including Rappahannock and Highland, were faced with the problem of what to do when L. Douglas Wilder withdrew from the race for the U.S. Senate seat on September 15. He is now supporting incumbent Democratic Sen. Charles S. Robb, and his name will not appear on voting machines.
Rappahannock’s ballots had already been printed. They had to be ready by September 23, the first day voters were allowed to cast absentee ballots. Some of the counties chose to pay to have the new ballots quickly printed
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