# Would you vote for Goodspaceguy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 30, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-goodspaceguy/504733 "2009-07-30T01:06:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-goodspaceguy/504733/1 "2009-07-30T01:06:19Z")
Just received my voter’s pamphlet for an election next month. One of the candidates is a guy that goes by the name [Goodspaceguy.](http://vote.wa.gov/Elections/VotersGuide/Statement.aspx?c=9ba97701-3a27-4582-a3fc-42f1d7315287) As can be seen in the link, he has run for office before but this time he has dropped his legal name. There use to be a another joker that was a perennial candidate for various offices that went by the name Mike The Mover. He had his name legally changed to that. Anyone else get weirdos, err, folks with unique names that run for office where you live? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-goodspaceguy/504733/2 "2009-07-30T17:07:12Z")
We had a local politician who legally changed his name to Byron “Low Tax” Looper. He eventually killed his opponant, and so never gained office. [Byron Looper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron_Looper) StG ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-goodspaceguy/504733/3 "2009-07-30T17:18:49Z")
No, I wouldn’t vote for him. While I want to colonize space, I think that guy’s already a space cadet, and NOT in a good way, either. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-goodspaceguy/504733/4 "2009-07-30T17:35:24Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > No, I wouldn’t vote for him. While I want to colonize space, I think that guy’s already a space cadet, and NOT in a good way, either. Seconded. I’m afraid you’d be throwing away your vote. Of course, speaking of oddly-named candidates, I must share this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FFTx6AKmU](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31FFTx6AKmU) ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-goodspaceguy/504733/5 "2009-07-30T21:27:43Z")
I keep threatening to change my name to “None of the Above” and running for office. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2009, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-vote-for-goodspaceguy/504733/6 "2009-07-30T21:52:29Z")
I’m not sure if he ever changed his last name, but as soon as I first saw him listed on the ballot back in 1980, I thought that the name of [Richard Congress](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Congress) had a “too good to be true” ring to it.