An election missing a candidate

Marquette's John McAdams has the latest on the voter response in the Marquette team nickname poll.

As of about noon last Friday, 20,097 votes had been cast for a new Marquette nickname.

In the first round of voting, 31,501 people cast votes.

The voting will continue until 9:00 p.m. this Friday night.

He encourages people not to participate, as a lack of response will send a clearer message than voting for either Hilltoppers or Golden Eagles. Since the clear favorite of the Marquette community is Warriors, and since the voting process doesn't allow anyone to cast a vote for Warriors, I think McAdams has the right idea. The Marquette hierarchy might as well learn early there is no enthusiasm for either name on the ballot.