“Voting is a right best exercised by people

who have taken time to learn about the issues.”
— Tony Snow

“No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate’s character is central to political reporting because it is central to a citizen’s decision in voting.”
— Roger Mudd

“An election cannot give a country a firm sense of direction if it has two or more national parties which merely have different names but are as alike in their principles and aims as two peas in the same pod”

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

“When I have to choose between voting for the people or the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.”

– Henry F. Ashurst

“Never vote for the best candidate, vote for the one who will do the least harm.”

– Frank Dane

With all the controversy around “robocalls” in Canada recently, the ElectionBuddy team thought we would examine types of election fraud.

And while there’s plenty of rhetoric to read, we’re just like a dog with a bone when it comes to digging up good stories about voting and elections. Sure enough, we found a story we think will start tongues — and tails — wagging.

A New Mexico man wanted to demonstrate how easy it is to commit voter fraud so he registered his dog, Buddy, to vote. Watch the video below for the full scoop:

The man, whose name wasn’t used because he was granted anonymity by the local news station that sniffed this story out, admitted to making up a birth date and social security number. He submitted the paperwork and in two weeks he had a voter registration card in his hand for Buddy.

No word on whether the New Mexico clerk’s office is pursuing charges, but they sure aren’t barking up the wrong tree if they did.

Given that it’s spring and maybe time for some new clothes, I thought this was fun!

“Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.” – Imelda Marcos

“What is it we all seek for in an election? To answer its real purposes, you must first posses the means of knowing the fitness of your man; and then you must retain some hold upon him by personal obligation or dependence”

— Edmund Burke

“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.” – Otto von Bismarck

“Among freemen there can be no successful appeal from the ballot to the bullet, and…they who take such appeal are sure to lose their case and pay the cost.” - Abraham Lincoln (c.1859)