I'm willing to bet, as usual, it got posted on 4Chan or Reddit or something, and trolls from other places voted on it. I find it highly unlikely that even half of the residents voted on this.
This shows that if there's actually a cool option, people will overwhelmingly vote for it. Hence why we have two parties competing to pick the lamest lame-os imaginable for us to choose between.
I laugh at this as though, if it were a thing I could vote on for my own municipality, I would do anything but vote for it and enthusiastically wear it.
"But consider how funny it would be" is a major bug in democracy and I demand a patch.
I remember a talkshow host (don't remember which one) making a joke that we should be able to vote for a president and a "mascot" every election so that people could take the presidency seriously and still get a silly vote out of their system. Like, one to make boring decisions and the other to prance around with a flag and yell about stuff.
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HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip · 142 pts · 136d
Michigan had a pretty fun one last time as well
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 136d
This is art.
a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 134d
Horne.
drcobaltjedi@programming.dev · 10 pts · 136d
I was pretty happy to get that one when i voted.its on my wallet now anf has seen better days.
BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 136d
Wtf, I didn't get one of those. They must have went fast.
dance_ninja@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 136d
The city clerk's office should have all the options if you swing by.
HuntressHimbo@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 136d
My polling place also didn't have one. Felt so cheated lmao
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 135d
There are two wolves inside you. One of them wants you to vote, the other doesn't want you to vote.
miseducator@lemmy.world · 48 pts · 136d
Wait, the population of Ulster County is only 183,000! STOP THE COUNT! RIGGED ELECTION! DEAD PEOPLE ARE VOTING! /s
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 12 pts · 136d
I thought you were joking but that’s actually true. No census has ever placed the population of Ulster County above 183,300, according to Wikipedia.
Fmstrat@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 135d
Nobody said the contest voters had to be registered voters in that county. I'm guessing fellow students and families voted, too.
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 134d
I'm willing to bet, as usual, it got posted on 4Chan or Reddit or something, and trolls from other places voted on it. I find it highly unlikely that even half of the residents voted on this.
MonkeMischief@lemmy.today · 33 pts · 136d
This shows that if there's actually a cool option, people will overwhelmingly vote for it. Hence why we have two parties competing to pick the lamest lame-os imaginable for us to choose between.
explodicle@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 135d
why they're scared of Zohran Mamdani
VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 31 pts · 136d
But did they follow through with the stickers?
Little_mouse@lemmy.ca · 97 pts · 136d
brandon@piefed.social · 51 pts · 136d
As a former resident of the area, yes, they absolutely did. And they were glorious.
JennaR8r@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 135d
Were there no Boomers or Karens who were appalled by these?
tiny_hedgehog@piefed.social · 28 pts · 136d
Democracy is amazing when it’s something mundane like naming boats and deciding on stickers.
Saapas@piefed.zip · 25 pts · 136d
That'd get me to definitely vote if I was hesitant. That's metal as fuck
Rhaedas@fedia.io · 16 pts · 136d
None of the competition had a chance. Legend.
lost_faith@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 136d
Absolutely beautiful
cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 136d
Proud 'o you M'boy
Etterra@discuss.online · 7 pts · 135d
I remember this little abomination lol
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 134d
I laugh at this as though, if it were a thing I could vote on for my own municipality, I would do anything but vote for it and enthusiastically wear it.
"But consider how funny it would be" is a major bug in democracy and I demand a patch.
The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 134d
I remember a talkshow host (don't remember which one) making a joke that we should be able to vote for a president and a "mascot" every election so that people could take the presidency seriously and still get a silly vote out of their system. Like, one to make boring decisions and the other to prance around with a flag and yell about stuff.
Maybe that's the patch for this type of thing.
pomegranatefern@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 134d
I would unironically support this.