Editing Mickey Mouse (section)

===Use in protest votes===
In the United States, [[protest votes]] are often made to indicate dissatisfaction with the slate of candidates presented on a particular ballot or to highlight the inadequacies of a particular voting procedure. Since most states' electoral systems do not provide for blank balloting or a choice of "[[None of the Above]]", most protest votes take the form of a clearly non-serious candidate's name entered as a [[write-in vote]]. Mickey Mouse is often selected for this purpose.<ref>{{cite web|last=Friedman|first=Peter|url=http://whatisfairuse.blogspot.com/2008/06/write-in-mickey-mouse-for-president-if.html|title=Write in Mickey Mouse for President|publisher=Whatisfairuse.blogspot.com|date=June 10, 2008|access-date=April 8, 2012|archive-date=November 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231129185547/http://whatisfairuse.blogspot.com/2008/06/write-in-mickey-mouse-for-president-if.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=http://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/state/kansas/Mickey-Mouse-among-the-top-write-in-vote-getters-in-Wichita-municipal-elections |title=MM among top write-in candidates in Wichita elections |publisher=Nbcactionnews.com |date=January 17, 2011 |access-date=April 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927213525/https://www.nbcactionnews.com/dpp/news/state/kansas/Mickey-Mouse-among-the-top-write-in-vote-getters-in-Wichita-municipal-elections |archive-date=September 27, 2011}}</ref> As an election supervisor in Georgia observed, "If Mickey Mouse doesn't get votes in our election, it's a bad election."<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rigsby|first1=G.G.|date=November 15, 2012|title=Elvis, Mickey Mouse and God get write-in votes|url=http://savannahnow.com/effingham-now/2012-11-15/elvis-mickey-mouse-and-god-get-write-votes|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309193946/http://savannahnow.com/effingham-now/2012-11-15/elvis-mickey-mouse-and-god-get-write-votes |archive-date=March 9, 2013|access-date=April 17, 2015|website=savannahnow}}</ref> The earliest known mention of Mickey Mouse as a write-in candidate dates back to the 1932 [[New York City mayoral elections]].<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://prospect.org/article/if-you-give-mouse-vote |title=If You Give a Mouse a Vote |last1=Fuller |first1=Jaime |date=November 5, 2013 |journal=[[The American Prospect]] |access-date=December 30, 2014 |archive-date=January 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114182610/http://prospect.org/article/if-you-give-mouse-vote |url-status=live }}</ref>

Mickey Mouse's name has also been known to appear fraudulently on voter registration lists, such as in the [[2008 U.S. presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article852295.ece |title=Vote drives defended, despite fake names |work=St. Petersburg Times |access-date=April 8, 2012 |archive-date=March 25, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120325100045/http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/elections/article852295.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12432392|title=The ACORN investigations|date=October 16, 2008|newspaper=The Economist|access-date=March 12, 2009|archive-date=October 20, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020083802/http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12432392|url-status=live}}</ref>