Over 1 Million Votes In and Counting!; Early Voting Puts Daffy Duck's Candidacy For President Ahead of Rivals.

IRVINE, Calif. -- Foreshadowing what appears to be a stunning upset in the race for President of the United States, the website www.chuckjones.com has reported that after only five days of early voting, candidate and international star of stage and screen and charismatic role model to millions of Americans, Daffy Duck, has received over 1 million votes! In an unprecedented move, Mr. Duck, or Daffy to his legion of fans has captured the hearts, minds and voting fingers of America!

Daffy's presidential bid parallels the release of Warner Bros. Animation's "Daffy Duck for President," a four-minute animated, educational short film based on Looney Tunes legend Chuck Jones' last book of the same title published in 1997. Leaping onto the screen from the pages of Jones' witty stylings, the film teaches about the lawmaking process and three branches of government, as illustrated by Daffy's quacky quest: become President of the United States, then declare year-round Rabbit Season!

"With all of the hoopla surrounding Daffy's bid for the Presidency, we thought it would be a good idea to give his fans the opportunity to vote for him," said Craig Kausen, president of Linda Jones Enterprises and owner of the website www.chuckjones.com. "I believe my grandfather, Chuck Jones, would've been tickled by the immense outpouring of support for the candidate Daffy Duck."

"With over 250,000 hits per day since the voting was begun at www.chuckjones.com there seems to be no end in sight to the number of people who are coming to the website and responding favourably to the whole campaign," stated Michelle Steen, webmaster for Linda Jones Enterprises, the company founded by the legendary animator's only child over 25 years ago.

"My father wrote and prepared the storyboard for Daffy for President as a reminder that our system is designed to check and balance the greed and selfishness exemplified by our dear, frustrated friend, Daffy Duck," said Linda Jones, daughter of the late Chuck Jones.

Emmy(R) Award-winning Linda Jones has been instrumental in the development of the animation art industry, which is fitting considering her lineage -- she is the daughter of legendary animation director, Chuck Jones. Having introduced signed limited editions and Warner Bros. production cels to the fine art market in 1977, Jones established Linda Jones Enterprises, Inc. (LJE) which has become a leader in the publication and distribution of animation art throughout the world. LJE owns and operates three of the most highly respected animation and entertainment art galleries in the country, The Chuck Jones Studio Galleries in San Diego, California, Santa Fe, NM and Newport Beach, CA. All three galleries represent the widest selection of Chuck Jones animation art available today.

Images are available by clicking on the Daffy for President image on the entry page.