Sometimes it's the little elections that get complicated.

It was that way in Giles County on Wednesday, when election officials spent the morning sorting out write-in votes, after town council elections Tuesday. Those votes decided the outcome for three seats in three towns.

Susan Buckland, a write-in candidate in the Glen Lyn race, beat out fellow write-in candidate Tammy Whitt on Wednesday by a drawing of lots. Both women received five write-in votes.

As allowed under state law, election officials broke the tie by sealing their names in individual envelopes, placing the envelopes in a bag and drawing one name randomly, county Voter Registrar Donna Altizer said.

Four candidates running on the ballot also won seats in Glen Lyn.

In Narrows, write-in candidate John Davis beat out Bill Holt. Holt was one of three candidates listed on the ballot.

In Rich Creek, write-in candidate Brian Meadows won one of three council seats. Only two candidates were listed on the ballot there.

-- Tonia Moxley