Get Out The Vote Spokesman Strikes Out

Secretary of State Roger Williams held a news conference today where he introduced University of Texas baseball coach Augie Garrido as spokesman for VOTEXAS, his program to get more people to the polls. After giving a speech in which he compared the democratic process to a game and called voting "the fundamentals" Coach Garrido revealed that he hasn't cast a single ballot in the last 10 years. "I am not a very political guy," the coach explained.

One might think that state officials would be troubled by such an admission. After all, you wouldn't take you car to a mechanic who didn't drive. However, Secretary of State Williams said that Coach Garrido's total lack of involvement in the political process made him the ideal spokesman to encourage people to get involved in the political process.