October 13 at 12:46PM
Eh, Canada: Despite What Your Prime Minister Says, You Should Vote Tomorrow
In less than 24 hours Canadians from Whitehorse to Halifax will head to the polls, but Conservative leader Stephen Harper — who just gets more and more mavericky every day — wants his supporters to wait until February 14th to vote…
Speaking of important dates, today is Thanksgiving in Canada.
Happy Thanksgiving to all our Canadian friends, except Mr. Harper, who will be eating his turkey on St. Patrick's Day.
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Elections Canada wishes all Canadians a Happy Thanksgiving… and reminds them NOT to eat their ballots for dessert. Under "Frequently Asked Questions", category "Voters", they wrote:
"Is someone allowed to eat a ballot?"
http://www.elections.ca/content.asp?section=faq&document=faqvoting&lang=e&textonly=false
Speaking just for myself, this had really not crossed my mind before and I'm a vegetarian.
If this is a Frequently Asked Question, the Canadian economy is in way more trouble than Harper has been letting on. But for the record, the answer is no, you're not allowed to eat a ballot. Not until after the election, when they will no doubt be recycled and sold to the Chinese who will reprocess them and sell them back to us as baby formula or some damn thing.
On the other hand, eating ballots may be just the thing for frustrated Ron Paul and other voters in the US who are not only undecided between Change You Can Gamble On, versus Angry Old White Guy and Wacko Woman, but who may also crave something a bit different than French Fries with their Russian Roulette.
T Bruce (Canadian guy from Vancouver)
PS: Happy Valentine's Day Mr Harper. Your wife will vote for you, isn't that good enough?
Harper is my hero. If he can be Prime Minister, anyone can!