Apparently, there was a mayoral election recently in the comuna of Voineşti, near Iaşi. Not too terribly surprising, as there were elections all over Romania recently. What made the Voineşti election stand out from all the others was that the winning candidate was dead.

Yep, dead.

Now, as tempting as it is to begin lustily spooling out the jokes, this isn't QUITE as bad as it sounds. Apparently Mr. Niculai Ivaşcu (or, more accurately, Domnul Ivaşcu Niculai), died the morning of the election, so it's not exactly up there with Horton Wilde's congressional campaign in the California 47th. However, news of his death was fairly widespread before voting began, and since there is no legislation here to cover this set of circumstances, the election continued as planned and he managed to beat out his opponent.
Perhaps more importantly, though, while in the television plotline the race continued after the candidate's death in order to hold the seat open in the hopes of a Democratic win, Ivaşcu's death simply meant that his opponent was put into office. His opponent ... the guy they didn't vote for. According to the illustrious news source that is NPR's "Wait wait ... don't tell me!", one resident's answer to the question of why she voted for someone who was no longer alive* was "I know he died, but I don't want change".

Her name wasn't given, but I'd imagine she wouldn't be too hard to find; just go to Voineşti and look for the person whose head is buried in the sand. Or perhaps she's just the most recent incarnation of Objectivistman.**

*A great phrase nicked from a great press conference.
**you'll need to scroll down a bit.