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WEST VIRGINIA....
Lawyers for Lincoln County Commissioner Thomas Ramey Jr. and current Sheriff Jerry Bowman want charges from one of their challengers thrown out of court on technical grounds. During Lincoln County's May 11th primary election, Ramey, who was running for re-election, and Bowman, who was running for the office of circuit clerk, were losing at the polls. After more than 600 absentee ballots were counted, results showed the absentee ballots went in favor of Bowman and Ramey by a ratio of about 9 to 1 compared with their challengers, County Commission candidate Phoebe Harless and incumbent Circuit Clerk Charles Brumfield. At a pretrial hearing Friday, attorney Mike Carey argued that Harless should be dropped from the lawsuit. Another hearing is planned in Raleigh County to finish taking evidence on the summary judgment motion. Trial is scheduled to begin August 16th.