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Creigh Deeds or Daffy Duck?

Where do 400-some odd write-in votes from Tuesday’s county election go to, well, die? The answer, I found out, is a cardboard box full of meticulously paper-clipped voting machine tickers (think glorified grocery receipts) in the warehouse of the County Office Building on Fifth Street Extended. That’s where I found the names of people whom Albemarle voters thought would out-perform unopposed state Senator Creigh Deeds, and the unopposed state house incumbents Rob Bell and David Toscano. Here’s a sample of what I found. Some voters would apparently be satisfied having cartoon characters, their next-door neighbor, Stephen Colbert or even "Your Mom" representing them in public office.

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State Senate write-ins

James S. Gillespie
Al Reynolds
Robert Chapman
Jim Dillenbeck (2)
George Bush (2)
Jonathan Lowery
Other
Allen
Peter Way
Anna Wegner (3)
Joe Smith
Travis Oakes
Eric Cartman
Steven Smith
Dalton Stokes
Donna Deloria
Sarah Click
Simms
Steve Hobeck
Joy
Don Mathes
Alternate
Mike Broow
Malek
Mark Patterson
Donald Duck
Nicholas Redmond
George Dellaganna (2)
Sharon Jones
Anyone else
Karl Ottmar
Wertie Turner (2)
David Purcell
Brady Cox
Your Mom
Warren Brown
Leonard Winslow
Chris Schoenewald
Jane Poole

House of Delegates write-ins

Howard Parsons
John Coyle
David Slutzky
Al Reynolds
Douglas Moore
Anyone but Bell
Muhammad Sajjid Yusuf
Lizeliasoncarey
Eve Schwartz
David Toscano
Magret G. Klosko
Robin Edwards
Laura Horn
Stephen Carey
Other
Abby Cook
Sam Jones
Alexandra Stokes
Steven Smith
Eric Cartman
Christopher Kiser
Alternate
Someone else
Don Mathes
George Bush
Bell
Cynthia Murray
Sarah Click
Christian
Schoenewald
Angela Davis
Mike Roberts
Mark Patterson
Renee Sottony
No one
Roger Payne
Michael Sottony
Any
Andrew Rotherman
Robert Brandon Smith III
Nelson Moore
Sharon Jones
Darden Towe
Karl Ottmar
Daffy Duck
David Purcell
Wertie Turner
Steve Colbert
Millie Spence
James Morris
Steve Koleszar

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