Why would someone vote for the Lizard People?
When the recount to decide the race between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and his challenger Democrat Al Franken began, a few things immediately became obvious: some people were very creative with their votes. And then there was the Lizard People ballot, which got notice on the Wall Street Journal Web site and “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” “Let’s take a look at the next one, guys,” said Chris Matthews on his MSNBC show “Hardball.” “This has got Franken clearly filled in, I mean, it’s clearly filled in, and then they write in, under Write In, Lizard People. It looks to me like an overvote, Todd. What do you say, Steve?” On the U.S. Senate section of the ballot, the oval for Al Franken was filled in. But at the bottom was a write-in for Lizard People. Lucas Davenport says it was meant as a joke. “I don’t know if you’ve heard the conspiracy theory about the Lizard Men,” said Davenport. “A friend of mine, we didn’t like the candidates, so we were at first going to write in revol
A man who claims to be the voter behind the infamous Lizard People ballot in the U.S. Senate race recount has come forward. The 25-year-old Bemidji man says the intense national coverage of what he considered to be a joke is what motivated him to come out of the shadows. St. Paul, Minn. — When the recount to decide the race between incumbent Republican Sen. Norm Coleman and his challenger Democrat Al Franken began, a few things immediately became obvious: some people were very creative with their votes. And then there was the Lizard People ballot, which got notice on the Wall Street Journal Web site and “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” “Let’s take a look at the next one, guys,” said Chris Matthews on his MSNBC show “Hardball.” “This has got Franken clearly filled in, I mean, it’s clearly filled in, and then they write in, under Write In, Lizard People. It looks to me like an overvote, Todd. What do you say, Steve?” On the U.S. Senate section of the ballot, the oval for Al Franken was fi
And then there was the Lizard People ballot, which got notice on the Wall Street Journal Web site and “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” “Let’s take a look at the next one, guys,” said Chris Matthews on his MSNBC show “Hardball.” “This has got Franken clearly filled in, I mean, it’s clearly filled in, and then they write in, under Write In, Lizard People. It looks to me like an overvote, Todd. What do you say, Steve?” On the U.S. Senate section of the ballot, the oval for Al Franken was filled in. But at the bottom was a write-in for Lizard People. Lucas Davenport says it was meant as a joke. Sources: http://minnesota.publicradio.
