Candidate gets no votes -- but he voted for himself

[Make7]

WALDENBURG, Arkansas (AP) -- Randy Wooten figured he would get at least one vote in his bid for mayor of this town of 80 people -- even if it was just his own.

He did not. Now he has to decide whether to file a formal protest.

Wooten got the news from his wife, Roxanne, who went to City Hall on Wednesday to see the election results.

"She saw my name with zero votes by it. She came home and asked me if I had voted for myself or not. I told her I did," said Wooten, owner of a local bar.

However, Poinsett County results reported Wednesday showed incumbent William H. Wood with 18 votes, challenger Ronnie Chatman with 18 votes and Wooten with zero.

"I had at least eight or nine people who said they voted for me, so something is wrong with this picture," Wooten said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/11/zero.votes.ap/index.html

- Make7

[Radical Activist]

1. People lie.

There's no guarantee anyone else voted for him. The voting for himself thing raises an alarm bell though.

[xultar]

2. Did his wife vote for him?

[Make7]

3. I was wondering that myself. ( n/t )

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Maybe she can't vote?

[Whoa_Nelly]

5. He needs to demand a hand recount!!!

Shouldn't take too long :evilgrin:

[Kerrytravelers]

6. I'm going out on a limb here and guessing that Wooten might possibly be a

Republican. Just a thought. He seems shocked that no one voted for him and apparently, couldn't find his own name on the ballot. :evilgrin:

I wonder what his Free Republic user name is? :shrug:

[Eric J in MN]

7. "The votes were cast on an electronic voting machine," NT

NT