Ales Campbell, from left, Bebe_HeiskellAles Campbell’s first name rhymes with “payless.”
She spelled out the letters A-L-E-S on Aug. 24 when she delivered her notice of intent to run as a write-in candidate for the office of Walker County sole commissioner.
That’s because supporters must type Campbell’s name onto the screen of electronic voting machines in the Nov. 6 election.
“If they misspell it, as long as the intent is clear, it will count,” Campbell said.
The 47-year-old school bus driver and mother of five was inspired to make her first run for public office after watching challenger G. Paul Shaw come within 211 votes of beating three-term Commissioner Bebe Heiskell in the July 31 Republican primary.