by Ken Quintanilla

Guam - Over 900 write-in votes were cast for the General Election. The GEC is required by law to count every single write-in vote and to publish the names on its website.

While no write-in vote garnered enough support to win any of the respective races, Romeo Carlos did receive the most with 175 votes. Carlos ran for Senator under the Republican Ticket in August's Primary Election but did not garner enough votes to proceed to the General Election. He had written to the GEC in October requesting for consideration as a write-in candidate.

As for the remaining write-in votes, several voters choose to write-in celebrities and fictional characters for several of the races. Several of the write-ins include Bruno Mars, Hugh Jackman, Charles Darwin, Paul McCartney, Rachel Maddow, Barney Stinson, Captain Planet, the Blue Power Ranger and the GEICO Gecko. Several pairs also were written in for the Gubernatorial race including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck, Optimus Prime and Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Palin and John McCain, and Archbishop Apuron and Tim Rohr.

The certified results from the General Election including all the write-in votes will be posted on gec.guam.gov