Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Election Facts From a Pizza Box

Pagliacci Pizza makes good pizza and great boxes. This month's box features election trivia. Did you know...
  • Washington State ranked third in voter turnout for the 2004 election with 82% of registered voters participating. Colorado was first with 89%; Oregon was second with 85%. This wasn't on the box, but Ohio was 9th with 64.8% (and 1st in the longest lines division).
  • In Australia, it is illegal not to vote.
  • In Malta, it is not illegal not to vote, but 93% of people voted this year, anyway.
  • We vote in November because farmers are too busy the rest of the year.
  • We vote on Tuesday so the men and their horses won't have to skip church in order to make it to the county seat on time.
  • The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920, but only 1 in 3 women voted that year. Again, not on the box, but women have voted in higher numbers than men in all but one presidential election since 1980.
Here's me voting with a slice of Eggplant Supreme:

1 comment:

Kilburn Family said...

We love Pagliacci and order it almost weekly, in fact, we are "frequent piers".

I'm glad you liked the salad. We really enjoyed your chili, I think I need to get a slow cooker. Max and I ate the leftover cornbread for breakfast the next morning, and I'm embarrassed to admit that Shawn and I ate ALL of the delicious pie in one sitting, while watching a funny BBC sitcom, "Black Books". Pumpkin pie is hands down one of my favorite foods.

Max slept great after spending the evening at your house!