Even unopposed, candidate gets no votes

Thu Apr 5, 10:26 AM ET

Joe Selle didn't exactly get voted out office this week, but he wasn't re-elected, either.

Selle, who was running unopposed for City Council, didn't get any votes at all. Not even one from himself.

Selle, 42, said he simply forgot that Tuesday was election day, and apparently so did Ward 3's other 34 registered voters.

The result was zero votes cast in Selle's race, but the city charter lets him keep the seat unless someone else is "successfully elected and qualified," the city attorney said.***

He said he saw other residents at the school where the voting was held, "but it never occurred to me that's what they were there for."
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