In 2008 I didn't vote for any of the usual suspects. I went the extra distance required by Indiana to vote for an "Official Write-In Candidate" so that my vote would be counted (you have to spell the candidate and his running mate's name exactly as it appears on the official write-in candidate list published by the state, but not distributed to polling places or they disregard you ballot in its entirety). The result? The Indiana State Board of Elections told me they would not count my vote because it wouldn't change the outcome anyway. The local board of elections did count the write-in's in my county as a personal, non-official favor and let me know that 9 people who voted as I did in my district for the office of president had been officially disenfranchised. So, the choices [SIC] are clear: vote for one of the corporate owned candidates or vote your conscience and have it not count.