Candidate wants to be ‘None of the Above’

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‘That’s who I am,’ man running for offices in Tennessee says

AP -Updated: 7:43 a.m. ET July 21, 2006

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.

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