Getting out the vote is one of the great challenges in U.S. politics, and no one has it tougher than candidates for local office. Thus may we forgive the press-starved pol for resorting to the classic campaign stunt:
CANDIDATE Jeremy Friedbaum (I) FOR Governor of Utah TACTIC Went on a hunger strike from Sept. 8 to Oct. 18 SOUND BITE "At least I don't look like Gandhi"
[CANDIDATE] Thomas Wesson (R) [FOR] Constable, Dallas County, Texas [TACTIC] Listed his name on the ballot as Tomas Eduardo Wesson to appeal, opponents say, to Latino voters [SOUND BITE] "I go by Tomas. I...
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