What do Barack Obama, Mitt Romney and Eric Cartman, the foul-mouthed and a politically incorrect school-age boy on the animated TV series South Park, have in common? <\/p>\n
All three received votes for president in Stark County. <\/p>\n
While Obama and Romney were the biggest vote-getters in this years election, five minor party candidates combined to gather more than 3,000 votes locally. <\/p>\n
And, an even smaller number of voters actually took time to write or type the name of someone else. <\/p>\n
Depending on your point of view, the selections were insightful, radical, silly or just plain dumb. <\/p>\n
These according to actual ballots cast in the county on Tuesday are among the 242 write-ins, broken down by make-believe categories: <\/p>\n
The messiah vote, a combined seven ballots for Jesus Christ, God, God and Jesus :), and YHWH. <\/p>\n
The athlete vote, one apiece for race car driving icon Richard Petty, Pro Football Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith, Browns kicker Phil Dawson and New York Jets quarterback Tim Tebow. <\/p>\n
The cartoon\/puppet vote, included Tigger, Mickey Mouse, Cookie Monster, Donald Duck and three for Cartman. <\/p>\n
The comedian vote, ballots for Lewis Black, Jay Leno, Bill Cosby and Jon Stewart. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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