Jagdish P. Agrawal was the leading vote-getter among write-in "candidates" selected

All of Agrawal's 33 votes came from the Starr's Mill precinct,

according to records from the county's elections office. Agrawal's

name was written in 14 times for state court judge, a race in which incumbent

Fletcher Sams was running unopposed. He also got 14 votes for a seat on the

Court of Appeals and four votes for the Post 3 magistrate race, won by incumbent

Bob Ruppenthal and one vote in the Post 2 magistrate race against incumbent

Charles R. Floyd, who was unopposed.

At press time Tuesday afternoon, it was unclear if the votes were intended

for the J.P. Agrawal who got 33 percent of the vote in the 2000 U.S. House

of Representatives Democratic primary against Gail Notti.

Local radio talk show host Neal Boortz got nine total votes for a seat on

the Court of Appeals. He tied with 3.14P, which may be the in-joke vote for

mathematically inclined voters indicating their preference to Pi, the numerical

variant that begins with 3.14, instead of any of the qualified candidates

in the court of appeals race.

Interestingly, all of the 3.14P votes, and one for "3.14P;" came

from the McIntosh polling place.

Kenny Melear, who resigned from his seat as the county's chief magistrate

in 2002 after allegations surfaced that he used a racial epithet to refer

to a criminal suspect in a conversation with a police detective, received

five votes for the post 1 magistrate seat, which was won by unopposed incumbent

Joe A. Tinsley. He also received two votes for the post 2 race.

Write-in votes were only allowed for the non-partisan races, which were

for Superior Court judge, State Court judge, Supreme Court judge and Court

of Appeals judge.

Technically, none of the write-in votes "counted" because election

rules require write-in candidates to qualify for office as all other candidates

do.

Some like-minded voters wrote in "Anybody Else" or "Anyone

Else" three times in the state court judge race. One elector wrote "Anyone

but Fletc," while another wrote in "Anybody bt him," both

apparent references to sitting State Court Judge Fletcher Sams, who ran unopposed

and got 17,126 votes.

Also getting one vote were:

- Santa Clause (spelled that way), one vote for State Court Judge.

- Tommy Chong, former movie star, one vote for a Court of Appeals seat.

- Mickey Mouse, a cartoon character, two votes for Superior Court Judge

and one vote for Court of Appeals Judge.

- Donald Duck, one vote for State Court Judge, and D. Duck (could have

been Daffy Duck), one vote for State Court Judge.

- Another cartoon character, Elmer Fudd, received on vote for the post

1 Magistrate Court race.

- Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, one vote for State Court Judge.

- Bob Dylan, singer, one vote for Court of Appeals Judge.

- Another cartoon character, Homer Simpson, one vote for Superior Court

Judge.