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I walk into the polling station, identify myself and am handed my ballot. "Voting booth two", I am instructed. I pull back the curtain, step in and just as I'm about to finish closing it behind me, a hand reaches in. "You're going to need this", says the cheery volunteer. And hands me a rifle, and
a single bullet.
"Oh, alright", I agree perplexed and cod faced. I finish closing the curtain, wondering about the gun, and am doubly surprised to see that the election booth is fifteen meters long. It dawns on me that it is a shooting range.
Realizing this, I ignore the instructions posted on the wall, and hang up my ballot on the line and send it to the end of the rage. I open the breach, pop in the single round and take aim.
-BANG- the gun recoils, and when I compose myself the ballot is rocking back and forth on the line. I reel it in and see that I missed my mark.
-"Excuse me, I missed, I need a new ballot"
-"Are you sure sir? You hit the Conservative candidate dead on."
-"I wanted the NDP."
- "Sorry, you only get one vote, but yours was a long shot anyway."
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ROFLMAO! I'm confused...is this meant as a joke or is it an idea? If it's an idea, I miss the point. On the other hand, If it's a joke, it's a very good one. + for making me laugh. |
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Hells yeah. Its a joke, but if theres an idea in it, its shooting range voting. |
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Substitute the word Canada for Texas and I think you have a legitimate proposal. The idea of people who can't shoot properly not having valid votes would probably be very appealing there. |
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Even more confusion (and deaths) in Florida. |
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Oh, the image - Democrats all over Florida waving "Don't shoot George" posters - My wife thinks I've finally gone completely bonkers. I'll get up off the floor and go read the obituaries until my guts quit hurting. |
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I was expecting something like the wild card teams in the playoffs preceding the Super Bowl here in the states. A candidate who didn't get enough votes to be one of the top two contenders but would be eligible in the final race by another means of qualification. |
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I'm glad I'm not a Kennedy. |
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I had hoped this Idea would validate my trust placed in someone who is a good shootist of targets over another who is a good shootist of _______s. |
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I'm reallly dreading something like this in Florida, as mentioned above already. This is the retirement captial of the world! All those old people, everywhere... arthritic already, shooting now? {shudders} |
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Something about combining guns and politics makes me uneasy. |
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I can imagine many new ways to steal an election....Hanging bulletholes, Pregnant bulletholes, Ricochet holes etc,etc...... |
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Hanging; pregnancy; collateral damage; bulletholes .... those are all previously explored ways to steal an election, aren't they ?? |
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Good idea, but it would work better in Texas, I think. |
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So the candidate with the longest name would win? OK, I'd like to set up the ABSOLUTELY AMAZING WONDERFUL FANTASTIC REALLY GREAT SPURIOUSLY LONG-TITLED AND MAGNILOQUENT HALFBAKERY PARTY, please. That should increase my chances of winning |
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Surely this would favour the Republican party in the US? I mean, I think that the NRA has enough influence as it is... |
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