Author Topic: “None of the Above” (Read 1615 times)

Me! · « **on:** July 21, 2006, 03:42:21 pm »

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Candidate wants to be ‘None of the Above’
‘That’s who I am,’ man running for offices in Tennessee says

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A software developer running for governor and the U.S. Senate felt so strongly that voters should have “None of the Above” as a choice that he made it his middle name.

The State Election Commission voted 5-0 to nix the middle name from the ballot.

Now, David “None of the Above” Gatchell is challenging the commission in court to get the words on the Nov. 7 ballot. “I feel so strongly about this and I knew that it should be my name,” he said. “That’s who I am.”

Gatchell, 58, ran as an independent in the 2002 governor’s race on the platform that Tennessee election ballots should include a “None of the Above” choice for voters who don’t care for any of the candidates.

Gatchell, who won 6 percent of the gubernatorial vote in 2002, decided in January that he would run for the two seats, and he’ll be listed in both races as an independent.

He changed his middle name from Leroy in August.

State law says the election commission can omit a portion of the name or require that further information about the candidate be included on the ballot if four or more members agree the name is confusing or misleading.

Gatchell argues that a number of state gubernatorial candidates are already allowed to include their nicknames and that his middle name has been widely reported by news media and is known across the Internet.

Nevada is the only state to offer a choice of “None of the Above,” and it first appeared in 1976. The option is nonbinding — it’s only to serve as a gauge of public opinion and could never win an election.

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derickw · « **Reply #1 on:** July 21, 2006, 04:18:37 pm »

we should have this choice on all ballots, then we\'ll see what the real voter turn out will be

SlimPickens · « **Reply #2 on:** July 21, 2006, 04:25:04 pm »

That\'s a direct rip off of the Richard Pryor classic "Brewsters Millions".

derickw · « **Reply #3 on:** July 21, 2006, 04:34:58 pm »

Quote from: SlimPickens

That\'s a direct rip off of the Richard Pryor classic "Brewsters Millions".

and the movie Bullworth

jking · « **Reply #4 on:** July 21, 2006, 05:41:48 pm »

and the classic Adrian Belew and The Bears song!

obsession600 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 22, 2006, 02:18:46 pm »

SlimPickens · « **Reply #6 on:** July 22, 2006, 02:27:43 pm »

Brewster\'s Millions is a novel written by George Barr McCutcheon in 1902. It was adapted into a play in 1906, and the novel or play has been made into a movie seven times, with the 1985 Richard Pryor and John Candy version being best known.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster\'s_Millions

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Author Topic: “None of the Above” (Read 1615 times)