November  UTC   I object to the use of the word hoax in the title From the hoax article Unlike a fraud or con which is usually aimed at a single victim and are made for illicit financial or material gain a hoax is often perpetrated as a practical joke to cause embarrassment or to provoke social change by making people aware of something Many hoaxes are motivated by a desire to satirize or educate by exposing the credulity of the public and the media or the absurdity of the target I think calling it a hoax is to side with Jackie Kellys claim that this attempt to deceive voters about her successors opponent was merely a joke Perhaps fraud or deception would be better words to use in the title