# Legal Election challenge is nothing! Check this out!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 12, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845 "2000-11-12T01:57:31Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845/1 "2000-11-12T01:57:31Z")

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From News of the Weird:

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> The Supreme Court of New Hampshire ruled  
> that a candidate for office had the right to parade on the street dressed as a penis, because he was commenting on the political system.

I say we award all electorial college votes to THIS guy. He’d be a hell of a lot more fun than Gore or Bush.  
I wonder if his name is Jack…

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**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845/2 "2000-11-12T06:34:08Z")

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There used to be a fairly prominent politician in Michigan named–I am not making this up–Dick Headly.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845/3 "2000-11-12T06:41:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \*  
> \*\*There used to be a fairly prominent politician in Michigan named–I am not making this up–Dick Headly. \*\*

That’s not as bad as Dick Swett, but I don’t know if that guy was actually real.

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**Author:** ![Sapphire\_Bullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@Sapphire\_Bullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapphire_Bullet)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845/4 "2000-11-12T07:52:56Z")

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what about the race car guy Dick Trickle?

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**Author:** ![Cabbage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@Cabbage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabbage)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845/5 "2000-11-12T09:18:57Z")

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I know of a guy that worked for the government named Dick Shaker.

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**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845/6 "2000-11-12T12:52:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Sapphire Bullet \*  
> \*\*what about the race car guy Dick Trickle? \*\*

I thought that was a symptom of an STD…

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**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\
**Post date:** [November 12, 2000, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-election-challenge-is-nothing-check-this-out/40845/7 "2000-11-12T17:02:54Z")

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Dick Swett is a real guy (can’t remember where he’s from, though), and so is Dick Headlee of Michigan. I’m in Michigan, and I remember him.