Dead Mayors Society

Here is a eyebrow raising story from the Reuters.com website. 

The mayor of a small village in north eastern Romania won

re-election in municipal voting over the weekend...despite

dying soon after the polls opened! Word spread of the 

incumbent's death due to liver disease, but his constituents

deemed that the dead mayor was still superior to his live

opponent. (That is kind of embarrassing for that guy if you

think about it!)  A voter even stated " I know he died, but I

don't want change." In the end, however, elections authorities

gave the post to the runner up; the deceased's political party

are now calling for new elections. Oh well, I am sure if that

does occur, the citizens will pick the best man for the job - 

dead or alive!