No, not that election. At my friend’s Halloween party, my friend decided that everyone should vote on our Halloween ballots. While we didn’t get votes from everyone, we did get some fun reactions, ranging from “definitely Cthulu” to “who the heck is Cthulu?” (My husband’s explanation on that race: this one will eat you and that one will enslave you.) We also got some unclear “hanging chad” results and a few people who were voting for the current underdog.

Here are the results:

Evil Overlord

            Cthulu 7

            Sauron 8

Supreme Commander

            The Terminator 4

            Darth Vader 10

Dog Catcher

            Voldemort 9

            Dracula 6

Evil Overlord

            White Witch 8

            Gozer 8

Supreme Commander

            Grendel’s Mother 7

            Alien Queen 7

Dog Catcher

            The Wicked Witch of the West 5

            Cruella de Vil 12

The obvious winners: Darth Vader and Cruella de Vil. The rest are demanding a recount.

Once again, I left coming up with a costume for my friend’s Halloween party until the last minute. And while I’d love to go as General Leia or one of the female Ghostbusters, I don’t have enough time to pull together either costume. So I decided to do something that would scare people. Behold: two Halloween election ballots, with some really frightening choices. I think they make the current election look tame in comparison.

Personally, I wanted to put Servalan on the Supreme Commander list, but I was worried no one at the party would get the joke. Of course, she already is the Supreme Commander.

What science fiction and fantasy villains would you put on the ballot?