Optimus Prime for Texas governor? Write-in votes run the gamut

[TexasTowelie]

Frederic J. Brown/Agence France-Presse
Would Autobot leader Optimus Prime have the mettle to transform Texas government?

AUSTIN — One Denton County voter was apparently looking a little too hard for a transformative leader for governor this year: He or she wrote in Optimus Prime.

In Texas, such votes don’t count. When the secretary of state declared the election results final Monday, Republican Greg Abbott was affirmed the winner for governor, with more than 59 percent of the votes cast statewide. The only write-in votes that counted were the 604 cast for Sarah Pavitt of Austin, the only authorized write-in candidate.

But that didn’t stop more than 1,000 Texans from jotting down the a medley of former politicians, historical figures and celebrities — real and otherwise.

Looking for a man of action, perhaps, some wanted Chuck Norris. Others hoped for a miracle, putting down Jesus Christ or Pope Francis as their choice.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/state-politics/20141201-optimus-prime-for-texas-governor-write-in-votes-run-the-gamut.ece

[LostOne4Ever]

1. On the Write in vote

[font style="font-family:papyrus,'Brush Script MT','comic sans MS',fantasy;" size=4 color=teal]There was no dem running so I wrote in Daffy Duck![/font]

[Gothmog]

2. It is not easy to write someone in on the Texas ballot