Voters Urged Not to Eat Their Ballots

OMG! This brought tears to my eyes. Now this is humorous mockery at it's best.

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Canadians went to the polls in a federal election on Monday with a firm warning from election officials: Please do not eat your ballots.
"Eating a ballot, not returning it or otherwise destroying or defacing it constitutes a serious breach of the Canada Elections Act," Elections Canada warns on its Internet site.

The issue was of sufficient concern to warrant inclusion in the site's "Frequency asked Questions" section, above answers to such inquiries as "Why should I vote?" and "Am I registered?"

Three Alberta men were charged with eating their paper ballots during Canada's last federal election, in 2000. The members of the Edible Ballot Society were protesting against what they said was a lack of real choice among candidates.

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The Edible Ballot Socitey....Just to damn funny! I think they should sue the Canadian Government and demand that the ballots come in multiple flavors. I would like a toffee flavored ballot please.

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I want to move over to Canada now .......We don't have ballots Papers here ..but Electronic Voting Machines...and it's kinda huge and Hard to chew.... :(...

*Ashame to live in Canada but proud I'm not in BC*

who says we never get news from canada...arrested for eating their ballots

but I am hungry.... :(

my gf had edible panties once :D

I had edible panties once. I finished them before my GF could wear them though.

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Originally posted here by SDK
*Ashame to live in Canada but proud I'm not in BC*

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*cocks LE gun*

Well, all I can say is:

There's as much chance of me eating my ballot as there is of a politician eating its words

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I wonder what wine you should order with a ballot?

I would recommend white wine. It goes with fish so should be ok with politics.

White Zin.

white zin, exellent choice. For those who don't know, zinfandel is not white nor red...its a light pink color. I attended a wine & chocolate tasting event hosted by the bank I used to work for. The manager had a couple of extra tickets so he gave me one. They introduced a new white zin made in california...Besides using the zinfandel grapes they also added a couple of berries to it...making a delicious light pink wine perfect for any meal have it be Surf or Turf. It has a distinct taste where its perfectly balanced between sweet and sour...I have a couple of bottles at home, I'll get you the name whenever I get out of work.

Personally I prefer Cabernet Sauvignon and some Shiraz for my meats and Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and Gris for my seafood...although I'll alternate between the two when I'm cooking with them...

I am not a big fan of white zin, I just thought it would digest easily with the gas and hot air produced by world politics. :)

I think I am like you, not a huge connoisseur but definitely a little more than your average wine drinker. Love the stuff.

Well...I'm not a big fan of beers...or hard liquor (Vodka, Whisky). The only beers i'll usually drink are Carlsberg and Corona. I dont mind a BUD(whatever) once in while but not too crazy about them. Bacardi also offers a few drinks that I like...but I'm always open to try new drinks whenever they're available ;). Wine is the only thing I prefer when i'm eating in a restaurant.

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Originally posted here by Cybr1d
Well...I'm not a big fan of beers...or hard liquor (Vodka, Whisky). The only beers i'll usually drink are Carlsberg and Corona. I dont mind a BUD(whatever) once in while but not too crazy about them. Bacardi also offers a few drinks that I like...but I'm always open to try new drinks whenever they're available ;). Wine is the only thing I prefer when i'm eating in a restaurant.

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Good man. Your still drinking corona. ;)

Beer is the food of god. :) That about sums up my take.

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Originally posted here by RoadClosed
Beer is the food of god. :) That about sums up my take.

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And it's not just for breakfast anymore. :D

Cheers:

I would say the same I am not a connissuer but I do like my wine. I would put wine up there with guinness. :)