While voters were casting ballots Tuesday to shape local, state and congressional leadership, more than 1,750 votes were cast for various people — both real and mythical — written in by voters.

The write-ins, while insignificant in most cases because there were no official write-in candidates according to Elections Supervisor Ginger Nickerson, do reflect the angst shared by many voters disillusioned with the current electoral system who are faced with voting for what they view as the lesser of two evils.

In the race for governor, for instance, 41 people wrote-in a name for someone rather than vote for either Republican Nathan Deal, Democrat Roy Barnes or Libertarian John Monds and the written-in names are telling.

Wishing to vote Republican but apparently unhappy with Nathan Deal as the nominee, one voter, who is registered at the Covenant Presbyterian Church precinct, wrote-in "A Republican," while five voters from various precincts wrote-in former Secretary of State Karen Handel, who lost the primary to Deal.

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