write in votes

In Uncontested Elections, Write-In Votes Multiply COOPERSTOWN – In uncontested elections like Tuesday’s in Cooperstown, perhaps the only way to cast a protest vote is to write in – for Donald Duck? Mr. Duck – it seems he doesn’t even live here! – was written in for mayor of Cooperstown, as were Cathe Ellsworth, the newspaper columnist; Joan Clark, the venerable grande dame of Main Street; former Mayor Carol B. Waller, and a John Hockenbach; no one seemed sure who…