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Ballots: Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
The day we’ve all been waiting for has finally arrived. The day that will put an end to all the laughable debates and the bickering about ‘attack ads’ (honestly, if Torontoist never hears the phrases “attack ads” and “working families” again it will be far too soon!) and the boring campaign scandals (for a few months, at least). It’s finally Election Day. Personally, we love voting. Exercising our democratic right and duty makes us feel almost as good as our weekly pilates. Nothing quite thrills like checking off the box next to our candidates’ name with a firm little X, folding it carefully, and putting it decisively in the box as though we have just made the deciding vote. Plus, the first time we ever voted we got stickers (it was that train wreck of a municipal election back in 2000), and though we’ve never received stickers since, the possibility still propels us to the polling station.
Something else propels The Edible Ballot Society to the polling station, though. They go for ingredients.
Seriously, though, don’t eat your ballot. Spoiling your ballot is illegal, not to mention a waste of democracy. And if you don’t vote, you can’t complain.
So Happy Election Day! Go vote! Say hello to your neighbours! Exercise those democratic muscles!