Writer and actor Malachy McCourt said he will run for governor of New York under the slogan "Don't waste your vote, give it to me."
Best known as the raconteur brother of Angela's Ashesauthor Frank McCourt, Malachy McCourt said on his Web site that he will seek the Green Party nomination for November's election.
McCourt said he will run on a platform of promoting peace, ridding New York State of nuclear energy and abolishing the death penalty.
"It is quite clear in the Bible 'Thou Shalt Not Kill,'" McCourt said in his official announcement.
McCourt, who was born in New York and spent his youth in Ireland , has long aired his political views as a local radio talk-show host. He is the author of A Monk Swimmingabout his years as a young man in New York after returning from Ireland, and has acted in movies including The Devil's Ownand Green Card.