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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, June 29, 1990                   TAG: 9006290864
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B-3   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: FAIRFAX                                LENGTH: Short

FAIRFAX PETITION RULED SHORT ON SIGNATURES

A Fairfax County judge has ruled that an anti-tax group did not collect enough valid petition signatures to force a voter referendum on the county's form of government.

Circuit Court Judge Thomas J. Middleton's ruling Thursday left unresolved whether the group would be able to use the signatures in a future effort.

Middleton ruled Citizens for Sensible Taxation fell 778 names short of the 40,589 valid signatures needed to force a vote this summer on whether Fairfax should change its form of government.

One of the group's prime objectives was to oust the board in a special election by this November, a year before its regular term expires. - Associated Press 


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