# I justed voted for myself **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 16, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025 "2006-05-16T20:57:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/1 "2006-05-16T20:57:26Z")
Well today’s Primary Election Day in PA and there were no Democrats running for nomination in my state representative district so I figured “What the hell” and voted for me as a write-in. Anybody ever done the same thing? Or voted for a relative? Fictional character? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/2 "2006-05-16T21:04:43Z")
When I turned 18 in 2004 I voted for my next-door neighbor for president. At my community college, only one or two student government positions (president and maybe trustee or something) really ever have more than one person running. Information on these people is almost always sketchy. From the content of the campaigning that goes on before the elections, their position can generally be summarized down to “I’m cute! Tee hee!” I write in my friends for every single position. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/3 "2006-05-16T21:04:47Z")
I voted for Al Sharpton in the last Democratic primary. He’s fictional, right? ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/4 "2006-05-16T21:25:28Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I voted for Al Sharpton in the last Democratic primary. He’s fictional, right? I voted for Carol Mosley-Braun! ---
**Author:** ![Amp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Amp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/5 "2006-05-16T21:26:18Z")
I always vote for Batman at least once everytime I vote. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/6 "2006-05-16T22:01:59Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > I voted for Al Sharpton in the last Democratic primary. He’s fictional, right? Only when his lips move. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/7 "2006-05-17T02:43:44Z")
Never myself or a fictional character, but I wrote in Abe Lincoln for President in my last Presidential Primary. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/8 "2006-05-17T16:09:49Z")
I’m going to remember this thread next time someone gives me shit about not voting. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/9 "2006-05-17T16:13:55Z")
A few years ago there was a story on Spanish TV about some old feller who wanted to vote the King for Senate and was all worked up that “Juan Carlos I” wasn’t one of the listed options. One of my uncles ran for Senate once; he took advantage of a huge family meeting to go to each relative and ask us to vote for him. I think he didn’t get a single vote from us, oops. ---
**Author:** ![theunfounddoor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@theunfounddoor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theunfounddoor)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-justed-voted-for-myself/357025/10 "2006-05-17T19:16:46Z")
Last election was my forst chance to vote, so I took it as seriously as I could, given the situation. But screw it, it didn’t help anyway. Oh well, next time I’m gonna vote for Papa Smurf. 😃