If you don’t like the two main candidates for the U.S. presidency in Idaho, you can select one of the other six choices on the ballot, including Libertarian Gary Johnson, the Green Party’s Jill Stein and Constitutionalist Scott Copeland. Or you can pencil in one of 37 other names that have been certified by the Idaho Secretary of State as write-in candidates, including six from Idaho: Timothy Helgerson of Nampa, Chris Lacy of Boise, Steven P. Malloy of Idaho Falls, Reverend MsMere of Boise, Janet L Reid of Rigby, and Nicola “Niki” Jo Taysom of Letha.

And, if you still don’t like your choices for president in Idaho, you can vote by write-in for Pedro Montoya Carlos-Sanchez.

Yeah, that Pedro. Napoleon Dynamite’s sidekick in the Idaho-filmed cult classic. After all, who can argue with Pedro’s campaign promise: “If you vote for me, all of your wildest dreams will come true.”

Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon tells Huckleberries that a Pedro vote won’t count, but your down-ballot votes will. A vote for Pedro causes extra work for the hired hands at the Election Department. But isn’t that a small price to pay to elect a politician who will make your dreams come true?

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