Houston, Texas elects its Mayor on November 6, 2007. The race is officially non-partisan. Only three candidates are on the ballot: incumbent William White, Socialist Workers Party candidate Amanda Ulman, and Outlaw Josey Wales IV. Wales’ name seems to be a tribute to the somewhat famous 1976 movie “The Outlaw Josey Wales”.
Putting the name of a movie character on the ballot is outrageous. That delegitimizes the entire electoral process, and seems like a trick to reduce the amount of votes received by a real minor party candidate.
Or, it could be the guy’s name…
Birmingham, AL has a candidate that qualified for Mayor as – Willis “Buddy”/”Mickey Mouse” Hendrix