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Romanian town elects dead man
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by julianw | June 17, 2008 at 10:34 am
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This story was made for the strange channel. It also features a priceless quote by a town resident who prefers the dead mayor to his living rival.
And in other crazy election news, a North Dakota town yesterday had a voter turnout of zero in its municipal election.
The residents of a Romanian town have elected a dead man as their mayor, it emerged today.
The late Neculai Ivascu, who had run Voinesti for 18 years, was re-elected to the post.
Ivascu, a 57-year-old, died from liver disease just after voting began on Sunday, but won the election by 23 votes.
A local official said the authorities had decided to keep the poll open in case his opponent, Ghoerghe Dobrescu won, avoiding the need for a re-run.
"I know he died, but I don't want change," a pro-Ivascu resident told Romanian television, Reuters reported.
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at 10:50 on June 17th, 2008
juilianw
Closer to home, Rabbit Hash, Kentucky had a dog mayor named Junior Cochrane who passed away on the 17th of May 2008. Junior was the second dog mayor elect for the sleepy Kentucky town.
Zoltan Black
at 11:21 on June 17th, 2008
Tu Chez Mr. Summerton
But I think four years ago the US did elect a "dead dog"
Great Job juilianw, look what you've started, a conversation between two complete strangers. Not sure how you define success but job well done
at 16:02 on June 17th, 2008
Whatchu talkin' about Voinesti? That's some crazy style politics!