In recent weeks, Light has published virtually identical “Letters to the Editor” in support of President Barack Obama in more than a dozen newspapers.Every letter claimed a different residence for Light that happened to be in the newspaper’s circulation area.

“It’s time for Americans to realize that governing is hard work, and that a president can’t just wave a magic wand and fix everything,” said a letter from alleged Philadelphian Ellie Light, that was published in the Jan. 19 edition of The Philadelphia Daily News.

The girl's name Ellie \e(l)-lie\ is a variant of Alice (Old German), Elaine (Greek), Eleanor (Greek), Ella (Old German), Ellen (Greek), Eloise (Old German) and Helen (Greek), and the meaning of Ellie is "noble, exalted; sun ray, shining light;