On the day after votes are canvassed in the Scotland Neck election, the town’s current mayor, James E. Mills Sr., will be served an order for arrest Wednesday for failure to appear in court for a 2009 driving while license revoked charge.

Court records confirmed the order has been issued and town Police Chief Joe Williams confirmed he would serve the order Wednesday.

Mills is also scheduled to appear in court on May 6 for a driving while license revoked charge in Edgecombe County, according to court records.

Both times Mills gave troopers a Rocky Mount address and used the names James Edward Mills instead of James E. Mills Sr. which he uses in his official duties as mayor.

Board of elections records list his address in Scotland Neck.

The warrant that will be served to Mills Wednesday is for failure to appear in court last July for a ticket he received in Halifax County.

The warrant was returned because he couldn’t be located in Rocky Mount. “He had been driving around town when we learned about it,” Williams said, adding Mills was warned if he continued to drive he would be arrested.

Mills lost to challenger Raymond Watson in last week’s special election. Watson collected 51 percent of the votes.

The Halifax County Board of Elections was canvassing the votes today. A new election was ordered after irregularities were found in the November mayoral election.