diff --git a/app/models/region.rb b/app/models/region.rb
index c5a39de..727b231 100644
--- a/app/models/region.rb
+++ b/app/models/region.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
 # Region is a special type of category that is related to geographical issues. 
 class Region < Category
   has_and_belongs_to_many :validators, :class_name => Organization.name, :join_table => :region_validators
+
+  def search_possible_validators(search)
+    Organization.find_by_contents(search).reject {|item| self.validator_ids.include?(item.id) }
+  end
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/region_test.rb b/test/unit/region_test.rb
index 3034255..7daa002 100644
--- a/test/unit/region_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/region_test.rb
@@ -17,11 +17,26 @@ class RegionTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   end
 
   should 'be able to search for possible validators by name' do
-    flunk 'need to write this test'
+    env = Environment.create!(:name => "my test environment")
+    region = Region.create!(:environment_id => env.id, :name => 'My Region')
+    org1 = Organization.create!(:name => 'Organization 1', :identifier => 'org1', :environment_id => env.id)
+    org2 = Organization.create!(:name => 'Organization 2', :identifier => 'org2', :environment_id => env.id)
+
+    possible = region.search_possible_validators('organization')
+    assert possible.include?(org2)
+    assert possible.include?(org1)
   end
 
   should 'return search results without validators that are already associated to the current region' do
-    flunk 'need to write this test'
+    env = Environment.create!(:name => "my test environment")
+    region = Region.create!(:environment_id => env.id, :name => 'My Region')
+    org1 = Organization.create!(:name => 'Organization 1', :identifier => 'org1', :environment_id => env.id)
+    org2 = Organization.create!(:name => 'Organization 2', :identifier => 'org2', :environment_id => env.id)
+    region.validators << org1
+
+    possible = region.search_possible_validators('organization')
+    assert possible.include?(org2)
+    assert !possible.include?(org1)
   end
 
 end
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