BORed - Strayhorn Mispells Her Name on Intent Letter
By Matt Hardigree
What happens when you have thirteen names? Sometimes, it seems, you mispell one. According to the Statesman:
Carole Keeton Strayhorn, the onetime schoolteacher hoping to oust Gov. Rick Perry in November, misspelled her last name, leaving out the Y, in her declaration of intent to run as an independent for governor.
In two parts of the one-page form, filed last week, her last name is spelled Strahorn, the Texas Secretary of State's office said today.
"Our office cannot recall a situation when a candidate misspelled their name on the top portion of the form and the affidavit itself, so we are currently looking into the situation," said Scott Haywood, spokesman for the agency, which oversees state elections.
Proving that "One Tough Grandma" may also be "One Senile Grandma." This is exactly the kind of silly mistake that we'd expect from Perry. However, Perry spokesflack Kathy Walt assures BOR that "The governor can spell his name without any help, in fact, he's been on the See & Spell all week practicing."
Posted by Matt Hardigree at January 11, 2006 02:48 PM
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