Candidate urges voters: 'Vote Naked!'
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2004 8:10 pm
No, not Bill Clinton 
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- You might say Ken Hechler would like to see voters streaking to the polls.
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Hechler's new slogan to get people to register and vote: "Vote Naked!"
The 89-year-old candidate for West Virginia secretary of state made the suggestion in an advertisement in the April 1 edition of Graffiti, a Charleston-based monthly tabloid.
The ad is the last in a series of four in which Hechler pokes fun at himself and his campaign.
The first ad, in January, portrayed Hechler on a large motorcycle. In February, the ad featured a photograph of Hechler delivering a 2002 commencement address -- in song -- to Fairmont State College graduates.
In March it was a picture of Hechler dressed as a SWAT commando and carrying a fly swatter, threatening to swat apathetic people who don't vote.
He said Monday he made the ads "to demonstrate that I can speak the language of young people, because too many political consultants tell candidates that kids don't pay any attention to them."
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- You might say Ken Hechler would like to see voters streaking to the polls.
ADVERTISEMENT
Hechler's new slogan to get people to register and vote: "Vote Naked!"
The 89-year-old candidate for West Virginia secretary of state made the suggestion in an advertisement in the April 1 edition of Graffiti, a Charleston-based monthly tabloid.
The ad is the last in a series of four in which Hechler pokes fun at himself and his campaign.
The first ad, in January, portrayed Hechler on a large motorcycle. In February, the ad featured a photograph of Hechler delivering a 2002 commencement address -- in song -- to Fairmont State College graduates.
In March it was a picture of Hechler dressed as a SWAT commando and carrying a fly swatter, threatening to swat apathetic people who don't vote.
He said Monday he made the ads "to demonstrate that I can speak the language of young people, because too many political consultants tell candidates that kids don't pay any attention to them."