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Sometimes the person you’d like to see take a job isn’t even in the running.

Hence the write-it category for elections.

Here are some of the folks who got the write-in nod during the recent City Council elections.

For Mayor of Greensboro:

-- One vote each for local notables, the Rev. Cardes Brown, newspaperman John Hammer, bloggers (and former political candidates) Ben Holder, Ryan Shell and Roch Smith Jr., and former police chief David Wray.

-- One vote for Luke Skywalker, who saved a galaxy far, far away from the dark side.

For City Council at large:

-- 18 votes for Jorge Cornell, Latin Kings gang leader who didn’t survive the October primary for the race.

-- 10 votes each for Ryan Shell – another at-large candidate who didn’t make it out of the primary – and Joel Landau, who ran in District 4.

-- 4 votes for Mickey Mouse, Walt Disney icon. One vote went to his girlfriend, Minnie Mouse.

-- One vote for Meb Kaflezghi, Eritrea-born long-distance runner who won this year’s New York City Marathon.

-- One vote for Pooh Bear, a.k.a. “Winnie the Pooh,” a.k.a. “Silly Old Bear,” beloved children’s book character and cartoon star.

-- One vote for Jimmy Buffet, who has wasting away in Margaritaville.

-- One vote for “Racksraw.” No first name was listed, but Scoop guesses this voter was angling to send a vote to Mary Rakestraw, who ran in District 4.

-- One vote each for “Someone Better,” “This is Stupid,” and “Not Robbie Pirkins” (sic).

In the District races:

-- 15 votes for Jay Ovittore, who did not make it out of the primary for District 3.

-- One vote for “None of the Above,” “ Nobody” and “Anybody but Them” in District 3.

-- One vote for Santa Claus in District 5.

One other note. Salvatore Leone received one vote for at-large and another for District 5. He is either someone local that Scoop hasn’t met yet, or the don of the Leone crime family based in Liberty City, the fictional metropolis on the video game Grand Theft Auto.