There are some people who care about government enough to try to win election through a write-in.

Gone are the days of being able to write yourself or Mickey Mouse in and have such a vote counted.

First the General Assembly force people to register their intentions the week before.

Then two weeks before.

Now we’re up to about two months before.

In fact, the deadline passed last Thursday.

And, one vote isn’t enough to get one elected. Write-in candidates must obtain the same number of valid votes as the number of signatures they would have had to gather had they petitioned to get on the ballot.

The full McHenry County ballot has not yet been published, but I can think of one district that continually issues bonds without a referendum–the Crystal Lake Park District–for which no one filed for one vacancy. (The West Beach House was built without voters having been asked to approve it.)

Here are the people who have stepped forward to ask for write-ins:

WRITE-IN CANDIDATES

CONSOLIDATED ELECTION
APRIL 9, 2013

VILLAGES

• Village of Lakemoor President – Kimberly Beach, 28623 Wagon Trail Rd., Lakemoor
• Village of McCullom Lake Trustee – Anthony “Tony” Koczor, 4704 Parkview Dr., McCullom Lake

FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT (FPD)

• Hebron-Alden-Grenwood FPD Trustee – Leo C. Tibbits Jr, 9614 St. Albans St., Hebron

LIBRARY DISTRICT

• McHenry Library Trustee – Monica Leccese, 7112 Mohawk Dr., McHenry
• Spring Grove Trustee – Susan Sucher, 2315 Falcon Ln., Spring Grove

PARK DISTRICT

• Crystal Lake Commissioner – Michele Hartwig, 9705 S. Muirfield. Lakewood

SCHOOL DISTRICTS

• School District 46 Board Member – Vickie Marconi, 2515 Willow Creek Rd., Prairie Grove
• School District 46 Board Member – Mischelle Yantis, 3714 Overland Rd., Crystal Lake
• School District 156 Board Member – Timothy Hying, 2107 Olde Mill Ln., McHenry
• School District 157 Board Member – Jennifer Read, 3406 Forest Ridge Dr., Spring Grove