We've got this joke in Texas about Obama.  Alright, we've got about ten gazillion jokes about Obama in just Amarillo, much less in Texas.  I don't know about you but I've never cast a vote as a joke.

The setup goes something like this:

An felonious inmate in a Texas prison decides to send in a $2,500 filling fee and one notarized document to get on the ballot in a Democratic Primary election in West Virginia.  Which he accomplishes.  Voters identify him as 'that guy from Texas'.

The punchline: He won!

He didn't actually win.  He did get 40% of the vote to Obama's 60%.  40 out of 100 people voted for 'the other guy' apparently.

Officials don't believe he can get on any further ballots as the requirements from this point are a bit more stringent.

And I'd bet West Virginia starts to include at least a Google search of new applicants in future elections.

 

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