No Candidates on Ballot in Small Town Election

ByMARGARET CHADBOURN ABCNews logo
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

In a small Virginia town with a population of 200, there are few aspiring politicians.

In fact, there are so few that Newsoms, Virginia, found itself with a unique problem on Election Day Tuesday: No one ran for office, and the ballot was blank.

The town, near the North Carolina border, didn't produce a single nominee for seven open positions, so now the entire election will be decided based on write-in votes.

Right now, it's anyone's guess who will be mayor, or councilman or councilwoman after the vote count this morning.

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