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2008年6月18日 星期三

Whole town, including candidates, forgot to vote 整個鎮 -- 就連候選人 -- 都忘了投票

A tiny US community doesn't know what to do after nobody turned up to vote in its mayoral election - including the candidates.

The current Mayor of Pillsbury, Darrel Brudevold, said voter turnout was usually fairly high in the farming community (pop: 11). (這個小鎮人口僅11人)

"I dare say a half-dozen people usually make it to the polls," he said.

But on 10 June, no one showed up to vote in the Barnes County, North Dakota, settlement. Not even those on the ballot, reports Metro.

Mayor Brudevold ran unopposed for re-election. His wife, Ruth, and Dan Lindseth faced no challengers for their alderman seats.

"Everybody has got a job and they're busy," he added. "It just worked out that nobody seemed to go down there to the polls."

Mr Brudevold said he had intended to vote, but he had crops to tend. His wife, Ruth, the town's postmaster who also runs the beauty shop, said she was too busy with work to make it to the polls.

The council meets about five times a year. Members are each paid £25 annually, and a good portion of that goes for doughnuts at the meetings or gas to get there, Mayor Brudevold said.

Barnes County Auditor Ed McGough said those in office can stay there and appoint people, including themselves, to the jobs until the next election. (Metro)

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