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Article: BEDFORD COUNTY'S BIG ISLAND SEAT TEMPORARILY FILLED BY MAN WHO LOST
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- Roanoke Times & World News
- Article date:
- January 21, 2004
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Tony Ware will get back his Big Island District seat on the
Bedford County Board of Supervisors.
By a 4-2 vote Tuesday night, a majority of supervisors agreed that
the seat should be filled quickly so the board can move on with its
budget process.
The Big Island seat became vacant after a three-judge panel
earlier this month declared invalid the Nov. 4 election in which Ware
lost to challenger Steve Arrington by 12 votes. Ware sued to have the
election voided after learning that 56 voters from a neighboring
district mistakenly voted in the Big Island district.
Ware argued that the outcome of the election was affected by those
votes. The judges' panel agreed, ordering that a special election ...