Small Virginia Town Holds Election With Zero Candidates on the Ballot

No one wants to be elected in Newsoms, Virginia.

ByABC News
May 4, 2016, 12:10 PM
Image taken from the Newsoms, VA election results website. Officials in the little town of Newsoms, VA - population 200 near the North Carolina border - plan to count write-in votes this morning to see who won the town's seven elected positions. Newsoms' Attorney Tim Drewry said not a single person filed to run for any of the seats, including the mayor, before Tuesday's election. The ballot remained blank and the entire election will be decided by write-in votes.
Image taken from the Newsoms, VA election results website. Officials in the little town of Newsoms, VA - population 200 near the North Carolina border - plan to count write-in votes this morning to see who won the town's seven elected positions. Newsoms' Attorney Tim Drewry said not a single person filed to run for any of the seats, including the mayor, before Tuesday's election. The ballot remained blank and the entire election will be decided by write-in votes.
Virginia Dept. of Elections

— -- 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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