Patterico's Pontifications

11/13/2007

Every Vote Counts, Especially in Virginia

Filed under: Politics — DRJ @ 4:26 pm



[Guest post by DRJ]

Have you ever gone to vote and had one race where you don’t like the candidates or know nothing about them so you write in a vote for a celebrity?

“His recent presidential bid may have hit the skids, but Stephen Colbert’s political career looked like it might not be dead yet.

In a development that seemed sure to boost the comedian’s résumé — or at least his jokes — an election official in Williamsburg said this morning that Colbert was in a three-way tie for a seat on the Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District Board. His base of support in the historic cradle of democracy? Three voters.

Win Sowder, the voter registrar in Williamsburg, confirmed the three-way tie this morning. However, Chris Faia, secretary of the Williamsburg Electoral Board, said later in the day that it had been a misunderstanding and that Colbert had received one less write-in vote than the other two men, meaning he was not in the running for the position.”

The Colonial Soil and Water Conservation District is an unpaid, elected position that oversees government-subsidized aid to drought-plagued and other ailing farmers. Up until now, it wasn’t a well-known entity.

Two William and Mary students tied for second place with 3 write-in votes each while Colbert had 2 write-in votes. Had Colbert made the runoff, earlier reports indicated the position would have been decided (if I recall correctly) by drawing a name from a hat.

It looks like Colbert missed the runoff by *that* much, proving once again that every vote counts.

— DRJ

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