While the rest of are just about Lizard Peopled out, the Star Tribune seems to be just gearing up to cover the infamous Beltrami County ballot. Chuck Tomlinson points out a December 18 “reader query” by Strib politics team lead, D.J. Tice, asking, “Did you cast write-in votes for ‘Lizard People.’” Bemidji’s Lucas Davenport, of course, cast the vote, a fact that was first reported by MPR nearly a month ago — because Davenport contacted the news outlet. (To be fair, the paper’s Ballot Tracker is a hugely useful tool, and one that sites with teensy budgets could easily replicate.)

The Strib’s reader query is no longer available on the site, but Chuck got a screengrab: