The Ultimate Political Insult
So a candidate for city council in Missouri City, Missouri stands for election, but then suffers the absolute worst political insult possible. When the votes were counted, he hadn't received any. None at all. Not even one from himself.
Selle, who was running unopposed for City Council, didn't get any votes at all. Not even one from himself.
Selle, 42, said he simply forgot that Tuesday was election day, and apparently so did Ward 3's other 34 registered voters.
The result was zero votes cast in Selle's race, but the city charter lets him keep the seat unless someone else is "successfully elected and qualified," the city attorney said.
Selle is a professional musician. He sure isn't much of a politician!
By crosspatch, Thursday, 5 April , 2007 @ 5:43 pm
Well, apparently everyone in the entire district forgot that it was election day. I suppse that is easy enough to do these days. I bet they remembered what TV shows were on that day, though!
By old_dawg, Thursday, 5 April , 2007 @ 8:41 pm
Interestingly enough, the local paper down here complained when the town next door cancelled an election because there were no opposed seats. It opined that the expense of conducting the election was a small price to pay for getting the will of the people expressed.
If the election had been held, you would have the same result as in Missouri City.
By geo, Thursday, 5 April , 2007 @ 9:13 pm
My fantasy would be fulfilled if this would happen to Hillary, Nancy and Harry Reid.