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From the Archives: The Milton Mule
Status: Political pranks
Today (September 13) is the 69th anniversary of the election of Boston Curtis to the office of Republican precinct committeeman for Milton, Washington. The reason that's interesting is because Boston Curtis was a mule. His election marks one of the few occasions in which an animal (of the non-Homo Sapiens variety) has gained office. You can read more about the Milton Mule in the hoaxipedia.In a similar vein, but more recently, USA Today reports that Jane Balogh has agreed to do 10 hours of community service and pay a fine of $250 in order to avoid being prosecuted for registering her dog, Duncan M. McDonald, to vote in April 2006. When Duncan was sent his first absentee ballot, Balogh returned it marked "VOID" with an image of a paw print on the signature line. This prompted an official to call her, and Balogh admitted what she had done. Nevertheless, Duncan still got sent two more ballots in February and May. How could that have been paw-sible?
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Another example of a non-human getting elected to public office!
http://www.rabbithashusa.com/notions.php
Posted by Brian Gilbert in Erlanger KY on Thu Sep 13, 2007 at 08:56 AM
http://www.rabbithashusa.com/notions.php
When the Poll Tax was introduced in the UK in 1990 many people registered pets, celebrities and other not-real-living-human-beings.
One vicar registered "The Father", "The Son" and "The Holy Ghost" as resident at his home. They all received tax demands.
The Poll Tax was abolished after 3 years as 30% of the population had not paid it at all or were significantly behind. I'm not sure how many of these supposed non-payers were called "Tibbles", "Rex", "Adolph Hitler" or "Mickey Mouse"...
Posted by Robert N in Croydon, UK on Thu Sep 13, 2007 at 10:56 AM
One vicar registered "The Father", "The Son" and "The Holy Ghost" as resident at his home. They all received tax demands.
The Poll Tax was abolished after 3 years as 30% of the population had not paid it at all or were significantly behind. I'm not sure how many of these supposed non-payers were called "Tibbles", "Rex", "Adolph Hitler" or "Mickey Mouse"...
Simple solution (won't get used though) when registering to vote, show up in person at the registrar's office with ID. This should eliminate 99% of such frauds. However it won't be done as people will complain that it makes it too hard to register (not that easy registration has increased the percentage of voters who actually vote, on the contrary I think it has lowered it) or it violates someone's legal rights. Another simple solution is fire anyone responsible for letting such frauds happen.
Posted by Christopher Cole in Tucson, AZ on Thu Sep 13, 2007 at 12:28 PM
Not nearly as bad as when these dumb-ass Missouri Mules elected a dead govenor, KNOWING he was killed in a plane crash days before the election!!!
Posted by Christopher in Joplin, Missouri on Thu Sep 13, 2007 at 10:40 PM
Actually, wasn't it a corpse they unlawfully elected Senator back in 2000? Probably it was the dead voters that put him into office.
Posted by Christopher Cole in Tucson, AZ on Thu Sep 13, 2007 at 10:43 PM
There's some joke to be made around mules and dumb animals and Bush here - but there's so many possiblities I just can't choose one.
Posted by Nona in London on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 07:40 AM
Before you start making those jokes, just remember, it was the Democrats who elected THEIR dead candidate. Probably figured he was just as effective dead as he was when he was alive.
Posted by Christopher in Joplin, Missouri on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 08:30 AM
To: Christopher Cole
Yeah, it was that he was elected to a Senatorial position, but he was Govenor when he was elected to Senator.
Posted by Christopher in Joplin, Missouri on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 08:32 AM
Yeah, it was that he was elected to a Senatorial position, but he was Govenor when he was elected to Senator.
Even if both parties has elected animals to office, the jokes about Bush in this connection are still relevant and could be funny.
Posted by Mikkel Larsen in Copenhagen on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 09:35 AM
The reason Missourians elected their governor to the Senate even though he had already died in a plane crash was that even dead, he was still preferable to his Repblican opponent, John Ashcroft. As a consolation prize, Shrub (fresh from his own vote-count problems) appointed Ascroft U.S. Attorney General.
Posted by Big Gary in Johnson City, Texas on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 04:41 PM
Hey, Big G. I knew that, and I was just leaving names out of this to keep the jokes flying...
Posted by Christopher in Joplin, Missouri on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 07:42 PM
"Shrub", that's hilarious!!!
Posted by Christopher in Joplin, Missouri on Fri Sep 14, 2007 at 07:43 PM
Big Gary, once the govenor died he was no longer a legal candidate. Any vote for him should have been eliminated - Ashcroft was running unopposed. Whoever certified that election broke Federal law. Ashcroft refused to take this legal position because he had been attacked by the newspapers and other media for continuing to campaign against the dead man. Therefore, the people of Missouri could not elect anyone but Ashcroft, at least legally. But, since when does the law matter when power is at stake?
Posted by Christopher Cole in Tucson, AZ on Sun Sep 16, 2007 at 11:14 AM
The voting offices are so unorganized. I have changed my address about 4 times in the last few years. They just reregister me and never take off my old address, therefore I'm actually registered to vote multiple times. Even at the polling station my name is listed multiple times when I arrive to vote. It also means I get called to jury duty at least once a year.
Posted by Razela in Chicago, IL on Tue Sep 18, 2007 at 09:38 PM
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