Retired army engineer and JROTC instructor at Dawson County High School, Robert Wiley is now officially on the ballot for the District 2 county commission seat to run against Chris Gaines. The Dawson County Board of Elections and Registration verified the required signatures on Wiley's petition to run as an Independent candidate in the November general election. Wiley needed 661 verified signatures of registered Dawson County voters to be added and the board verified 663, according to Chief Registrar Glenda Ferguson.