Just three of the names that received write-in votes in this year’s elections in Prince William County:
He had the right name, but he wasn’t on the ballot.
Maybe that’s why Joe Dirt only received one write-in vote for Soil and Water Conservation Director in Prince William County.
Not to mention that Joe Dirt is a fictional movie character.
But that didn’t stop hundreds of write-in votes for Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck or Snoopy. Stephen Colbert, who hosts “The Colbert Report” on Comedy Central, received three votes for Prince William County’s Brentsville District Supervisor seat.
Howard Stern trailed in popularity with two votes: One for the 29th Senate District seat in which incumbent Sen. Charles J. “Chuck” Colgan won a majority, and another for the Commonwealth’s Attorney position, which Paul Ebert handily won as the unopposed incumbent.
Ebert faced a spoof write-in campaign from a Hamilton “Ham” Sandwich candidate that was supported by local political blogger Greg Letiecq. Ham Sandwich is a lunch item that Letiecq said could indict criminals just as well as Ebert. When contacted about Sandwich’s run in May, the incumbent offered a good-natured jab.
“I guess I’ll be in a position to devour my opponent,” Ebert said.
With 46,683 votes, he did.
There was a point to the Ham Sandwich campaign, as I noted in June.
November 16th, 2007 at 10:47 pm
Hmmm…. Look at this email I received from the reporter on Nov. 7:
Jim,
I’m going to tally the number of Ham Sandwich votes on Friday for a weekend story.
Care to talk to me on the record, or know anyone else who would?
Take care,
Lillian Kafka
Potomac News & Manassas Journal Messenger
I said sure, I’d be glad to and you should also talk to Greg. I was never contacted and it does not appear that Greg was, either. Plus, they misattributed some things in the article to Greg that I had put forward, like the fact that Ham could do the job just as well as Ebert.
November 16th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
I guess you could say this article was “Kafka-esque.”