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Your
votes have been counted and, by a 77% majority, this
is your Bonehead of the Year (or should I say *these* are your
*Boneheads* of the Year?)...
-D.M.
580 voters in
Warren County
Warren County officials say hundreds of people wrote-in unusual candidates for statewide office in the recent election.
For
example, the late Apple CEO Steve Jobs got a few write-in votes for
Governor. Donald Duck, the classic cartoon character, got
some write-in votes for Secretary of State.
But wait, it gets
better – or worse, depending on how you view it. Some of these
write-in voters had the bright idea Batman, as a caped crusader, was
worthy of being attorney general. Probably the most senseless –
slasher movie legend Jason Voorhees got write in votes in a senatorial
race.
The officials in Warren County say there was a 62%
increase in write-in votes in November of 2011 – compared to November
of 2007.
While the 580 voters in the county may be boneheads of
the year (and we're not going to make the effort to find out who they
ding-a-lings really are), we'll give 'em one thumb up for writing in
Oprah Winfrey, talk show legend and Kosciusko native, in the Lieutenant
Governor's race. At least that makes some sense.
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