I loved the articles that Mike Royko used to write after elections about write-in candidates.

Mickey Mouse was always got some votes but my favorite Disney character, Donald Duck, usually got fewer votes than Mickey. (Donald Duck!)

No more.

Besides the fact that Mike Royko is dead, there’s no source material on the canvass reports anymore.

So many people apparently were disenchanted with the political process that only people (REAL people, not cartoon characters) who register their intention to run are allowed to get votes.

Oh, you can write your own name in or Mickey Mouse’s and plenty of people do, but they don’t get revealed to the public.

Too much work, I suppose.

There are those who have officially registered to run as write-ins, however.

You can see their names and the offices they seek below:

Two villages have write-in candidates:

• In Lakemoor, Kimberly Beach is running for Mayor.
• In McCullom Lake, Tony Coznor is running for Village Trustee.

Leo Tibbitts, Jr., is running for Trustee in the Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District.

There are two library districts with write-in candidates for Trustee:

• Monica Leccese for the McHenry Library Board
• Susan Suchar for the Nippersink Library Board

Michele Hartwig is running for the Crystal Lake Park Board.

There are four running for school board seats as write-ins:

• Vickie Marconi for Prairie Grove School District 46 Board
• Mischelle Yantis for Prairie Grove School District 46 Board
• Timothy Hying for McHenry High School District 156 Board
• Jennifer Read for Richmond-Burton School District 157 Board