Rutgers Student Wins Republican Seat on County Council by Writing in His Own Name
This student wrote his own name on the ballot as a joke but since no one else voted in the category he actually won.
Katherine Timpf of Campus Reform reported.
19-year-old college student accidentally becomes Republican politician
A 19-year-old college student who wrote his name in as a candidate for a Republican councilman as a joke wound up winning after no one else voted in the category.
“It was kind of like the ‘Mickey Mouse vote,’ where people write in stupid names when they vote for president,” Asad Asif told New Brunswick Today, a local news source.
The Rutgers University Student was sworn in earlier this month as a member of the Middlesex County Republican Committee.
He is now a voting member of both the Middlesex County Republican Organization (MCRO) and Old Bridge Republican Committee.
The Middlesex County Committee has more than a thousand seats, and only about half of the Republican seats are filled.
New Brunswick Republican Organization President Joy Sheehan said Asif is not the only member to win a seat by writing himself in.
Despite being sworn in, Asif said he does not affiliate with any particular political party, and does not wholly believe in the position he accepted.
“I don’t know anyone who votes Republican,” he said.
19-year-old college student accidentally becomes Republican politician (Campus Reform)
Comments
Simple solution to his joke. Resign. Once folks find out how easy it is to get a seat on the country committee, look for the committee to be taken over by spoiler Democrats because there are lots of vacant seats on it. The GOP needs to make some rules to prevent that.
I can sort of identify with this kid. Nearly 30 years ago, I did the same thing when I found the position of precinct committeeman had no candidate on the ballot for my precinct when I was a student at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. I became the first student to serve on the county GOP committee in 20 years — which I enjoyed, given I was already an active College Republican. That fall I carried my precinct for a US Senate candidate who won only a few dozen precincts statewide.
And then I did the same thing 15 years later when I moved here to the Houston area — and have served as my precinct chair ever since.