At 03:13 PM 11/3/98 -0800, Bill Stewart wrote:

On the other hand, it's still tempting to see about putting Frank Zappa on the ballot. He is a bit metabolically challenged these days,

Here in LA, we had a Dead Man Running for sheriff. This Shermie Block character croaked before the race, but his party still urged voting for him, to spite his opponent. (Some "board" would appoint a replacement, so the vote was actually for the board.)