Homeless Sweet Homeless

Maurice Girard, 20, may be homeless, but that’s not keeping him from running for a seat in Canada’s House of Commons. A new law allows the homeless to vote in the district where they spent the Saturday before the election, and a new rule says the law also applies to candidates. Meanwhile, a Florida judge has ruled that Demetrio Perez Jr. may not run for the Board of Miami-Dade County’s School District 7. Perez spent three nights in a 9-by-11-foot tool shed in his father’s back yard to qualify as a resident of the district and get on the ballot. But when an opponent sued over the tactic, Circuit Court Judge Barbara Levenson ruled that the tool shed was not a legal home. To add insult to injury, Perez’s father was cited by code enforcement officers for building the shed without a permit. (AFP, Reuters) ...And Child Protection Service officers are demanding to know why his dad didn’t let him stay in his old room.