Voters in one Romanian town face a potentially confusing trip to the polls on Sunday, as the three candidates for mayor all share the same name, it's reported.
The incumbent mayor in Draguseni, Vasile Cepoi, is seeking a fourth term in office, but is facing a challenge from two other Vasile Cepois, the Jurnalul national daily reports. Council official Viorel Munteanu says the three men aren't related, and that Vasile is simply a popular Romanian moniker and Cepoi is a common name in the region. The unusual situation "guarantees Vasile Cepoi" a win, the paper says.
But Mayor Cepoi thinks that it could all be an election ploy on the part of his opponents. His namesakes represent the People's Movement and National Liberal parties, both centre-right parties that oppose the centre-left mayor.
"I suspected that the parties would do this... When Messi plays, the whole opposing team plays against him," Mayor Cepoi says, referring to the Barcelona football star. "They did the same with me. I'm the Messi of the Draguseni mayoral election."
The two challengers deny any collusion, insisting that they just want what's best for the town.
Being a seasoned politician, the current mayor has taken practical steps to head off any confusion by adding his nickname to the ballot paper. He'll now appear as "Vasile Lica Cepoi".
But one voter has come up with his own way of telling the men apart. Gheorghe Ariton tells Jurnalul he calls them: "Vasile Cepoi from the valley, Vasile Cepoi from the hill and Vasile Cepoi the original. The original!"
Vote for Vasile Cepoi!
Vote for Vasile Cepoi!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
Re: Vote for Vasile Cepoi!
That could cause a lot of voters to Vasile-ate...
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Doesn't look like they have much choice...Vote for Vasile Cepoi!
http://www.politico.com/gallery/2012/06 ... 02246.htmlThe two Russos
In John F. Kennedy’s first run for Congress in 1946, his father, Joe Kennedy, to help his son’s chances in the Democratic primary, allegedly paid a man named Joseph Russo to run — greatly reducing the chances of the other Joseph Russo who was already running in the primary.
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I guess Joe gave the money to the wrong guy - should have found some chap named Michael Neville....The results of the democratic primary held on June 18, 1946 were:
John F. Cotter (Boston) 6,677
Michael Delucca (Boston) 536
Robert DiFruscio (Boston) 298
Catherine Falvey (Somerville) 2,446
John F. Kennedy (Boston) 22,183
Joseph Lee (Boston) 1,843
Michael Neville (Cambridge) 11,341
Francis X. Rooney (Somerville) 521
Joseph Russo (Boston) 5,661
Joseph Russo (Boston) 799
Blank Ballots 2,444
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts