All three Republican candidates in the contest for Forsyth County sheriff will appear on the July 31 ballot.Despite what it viewed as a flaw in the qualifying process, the Forsyth County Board of Elections decided Tuesday afternoon not to challenge the candidacies.“Since it’s not one candidate ... it’s all three of them and the Republican Party has certified them as being qualified, I don’t see that this board should take any action,” said member Doug Sorrells during a special called meeting.All three candidates — Lauren McDonald, Duane Piper and incumbent Ted Paxton — qualified on time but failed to provide a birth certificate and high school diploma.Ethan Underwood, chairman of the Forsyth County Republican Party, which certifies local qualifying, said there was confusion last week at the qualifying booth.“Most offices which require high school diplomas merely require candidates to certify via affidavit that they meet this requirement,” Underwood said. “It appears that some of the sheriff candidates were told by volunteers that copies of their diplomas were not necessary,” he said.Underwood added that the qualifying guidebook also failed to mention that a birth certificate was required.After qualifying ended at noon Friday, the party contacted the candidates about the missing documents, and all three have since delivered them.All qualifying documents — including the birth certificates and diplomas — were delivered to the elections office before the noon Tuesday deadline.“It doesn’t matter that we didn’t get the paperwork because it wasn’t required that we get the paperwork until today before noon,” said Donald Glover, elections board member. “(The Republican Party) admitting it wasn’t submitted on time really closes that issue, I think.”While the board decided not to challenge the qualifying, Forsyth County Attorney Ken Jarrard said any registered voter has until June 8, or two weeks after qualifying closed, to do so.If a voter were to mount a challenge, Jarrard said, “We have to have a little bit of an evidentiary hearing to make a determination as to whether the qualifications have not been satisfied.”The board would make the decision following the hearing. However, if one candidate is challenged, the same contention could be made against all three.“If that’s the case, you’d literally be without a qualified candidate at all,” Jarrard said.