If voting makes you hungry

Is someone allowed to eat a ballot?

The question is evidently the ninth most frequent query posed to Elections Canada. It’s listed high up on the FAQ section of the organization’s website, above other evidently less important conundrums such as “Am I registered to vote?” and “Why should I vote?”

For your information, ballot eating is strictly not allowed.

“Eating a ballot, not returning it or otherwise destroying or defacing it constitutes a serious breach of the Canada Elections Act,” the website unambiguously states.

But for those who plan on flouting the law, a group called the Edible Ballot Society has included a handful of interesting ballot recipes on its website, like this intriguing one for ballot fondue.

It’s not all fun and games, of course. The group is protesting what it calls an “inherently undemocratic process.”

“Being guilt-tripped into voting for the least offensive politician isn’t synonymous with genuine democracy,” the website reads.

According to the Calgary Herald, members of the group were charged with destroying a ballot in the 2001 Alberta election. They had faced five years in prison but the charges were later dropped.