BEND, OR -- Election season and Halloween have converged at the Deschutes Historical Museum. The nonprofit is asking the public to vote for the creepiest doll. Executive Director Kelly Cannon-Miller says the idea started with a young volunteer asked to create a Halloween display, "As she was diving into the collection, she was just like, ‘do you realize how many creepy dolls you have?’ And we’re like, ‘yeah!’"

Five candidates are posted on the museum’s website for the public to choose from. Doll number one has seen better days, "Her eyes kind of look dead because she’s lost the pupils in the paint, so it’s just kind of white. And everything about her face is crackling." Cannon-Miller tells KBND News, "Doll number two, there’s just no explaining him. He’s looking at you sideways and has very, very, very red lips." That doll is currently the frontrunner.

Number three is lovingly referred to as Two Face, "She has a leather covering that is over the stuffing and that is what the face was painted on, originally. This doll was so loved and so used and worn, that half of that face at some point broke off, exposing just the cloth padding for the head underneath. Someone drew an eye, nose and partial mouth on that cloth to give her a whole face again, to keep the doll going." Number four is the requisite clown, and the fifth entry is actually two dolls, called The Twins, "Their stares make your imagination go wild as to what they’re thinking. They could be plotting the overthrow of the government or just what they might want to have for tea."

Cannon-Miller says, unlike the actual election, you can vote in this contest as often as you want, "This is not scientific; we are not cracking down on voting. We’re spamming everyone with creepy dolls and it’s just for fun to have a great time this Halloween." She says it's already proven so popular, it's likely to become an annual event. The museum has hundreds of historic dolls in its collection, so there are many to choose from.

Voting closes at midnight October 30th. The winner will be featured in a live stream "Fright Night" event on Halloween, when a local musician stays overnight in the Bend museum with its famous ghostly residents.