On Elections

So just a quick procrastinatory post-these posters are all over town, advocating vote abstention as a way of showing one's disapproval of the system. Killer graphic, no?
F tells me that at one point, the Anarchists won enough votes to actually get a representative elected, which is sort of pretty hilarious if you ask me.
A friend from the Dominican Republic has posted this video in support of a presidential candidate there (don't watch the whole thing or your head will explode):

I think that U.S. presidential elections could be substantially improved by the addition of merengue. Both kinds. Best wishes to the candidates and the uhm, puppetmasters.