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Todd Brown
Wesley Mills
I am off the ballot this fall. I am not prepared to say what I am going to do as far as a write-in," said Mills, saying he will finish his term until December.
Meanwhile, Tbdd Brown of Chester Gap, a former deputy sheriff, was disqualified after an investigation by the Virginia State Police and the Commonwealth s Attorneys Office.
In Brown's case, three of his nine pages of petitions were disqualified. Whereas Mills was required to obtain 50 signatures for his race, Brown and other candidates for sheriff were required to obtain 125.
"As a result of this-ruling, your filing is insufficient. Therefore, your name will not appear on the November 4, 2003 General Election ballot for the office of Sheriff," wrote Nancy Newlin. genera] registrar, in a letter to Brown dated June 26.
Brown allegedly did not witness all the signatures on a petition but certified under oath that he did, according to documents in the Registrar's Office.
In a second instance, twro petitions were circulated by Hope Huff and signed by her certifying she witnessed all the signatures. An investigation
See PETITIONS, Page A6
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