[Mpls] write-in votes

[Greg Abbott]

This reminds me of the 1981 Omaha mayoral election, a bit.  IIRC  (I  
was in high school then).  Two popular morning show DJ's were pushing  
a write-in campaign for mayor, for a fictional character in a comedy  
sketch on their morning show  ---  Space Commander "Whack"   This was  
the highest-rated FM station -- Omaha's version of KQRS.

After the election, election officials refused to release any data  
about who the write-in votes were for, and IIRC not even the  
percentage of write-ins -- leading a lot of people to conclude that  
Space Commander Whack had done embarrassingly well.  (There were  
guess-timates of about 10%)

To this day I do not remember who won that election, or even who the  
candidates were.  But I remember Space Commander Whack.

Greg Abbott
Linden Hills




On Nov 18, 2005, at 3:09 PM, Linda Higgins wrote:

> I see in the PiPress that both Dean Zimmerperson and RT Rybak got  
> votes for
> mayor in -- St. Paul! They tied with the new pope, Arnold  
> Schwartzenegger,
> and Rudy Giuliani. Here's the link:
>
> http://blogs.twincities.com/city_hall_scoop/
>
> Does anyone know when the write-in votes will be tallied and the info
> released for the Mpls races?
>
> linda higgins
> old highland
>
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