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Board authorizes special-election petition for Commonwealth Attorney, names deputy as interim
Summary
After Hon. Bobby Weddle took the bench in March, the board approved a resolution to ask the Bedford County Circuit Court to set a special election for Commonwealth Attorney at the November general election and appointed Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Preston Dobbins as interim.
The Bedford County Board of Supervisors on April 28 voted to file a petition with the Circuit Court to schedule a special election to fill the vacant Commonwealth Attorney seat and to appoint the deputy as interim while the seat is filled.
County Attorney Patrick Skilling told the board the vacancy followed the Honorable Bobby Weddle’s assumption of a judicial post on March 31. Skilling said the resolution would request the circuit court set the special election to coincide with the November general election and that, in the interim, the board would appoint Deputy Commonwealth Attorney Preston Dobbins as acting interim Commonwealth Attorney.
"It is the purpose of this resolution to file a writ of special election with the Circuit Court to set that election at the same time as the November general election to fill the Commonwealth Attorney seat and in the interim to appoint Deputy Commonwealth Attorney, and now acting interim Commonwealth Attorney, Preston Dobbins," Skilling said.
A motion to adopt resolution R042826-05 passed on roll call with all members voting yes. No additional details about filing dates, candidate qualification deadlines, or interim authority limits were stated in the meeting record; the transcript shows the county attorney presented the procedural plan and the board approved it.
