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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/ar...oral_election/

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Donkey wins Colorado mayoral election

July 26, 2004
FLORISSANT, Colo. -- No elephants need apply. This unincorporated area on Saturday re-elected Paco Bell, a donkey, as its mayor, and that wasn't even close. Two of the four candidates didn't show up.

It's all part of the 15th annual Heritage Days in the town between Divide and Lake George on Colorado Highway 24. Residents like to poke fun at the political process, and they do it by electing a donkey as mayor. Paco Bell won re-election against two no shows and a white donkey named Birdie.
"We had one who was colicky, so he couldn't make it, and another one's trailer broke down, so he couldn't come either," said organizer Tracie Bennitt.
Volunteers the Pikes Peak Historical Society stuffed Paco Bell's ballot box with donations -- ensuring him a second term.
Dagney Hales, 8, and Sam Easto, 7, fed the mayor wild goldenrod, green stalks with little yellow flowers, and Teller County Sheriff Kevin Dougherty swore in the incumbent.
"This is good and rural," Dougherty said. "We love doing this kind of stuff."

I love Colorado, but damn is it a weird state xp Of course not like I can complain, since that's nothing like what Ohio and Michigan did...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toledo_War

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The Toledo War of 1835-1836 was a largely bloodless boundary dispute between the state of Ohio and the Michigan Territory of the United States over a 468 square mile (1,210 km²) strip of land (the "Toledo Strip") including what is now the city of Toledo, Ohio. It is also referred to variously as the Ohio-Michigan War, the Battle of Phillip's Crossing, the Ohio-Michigan Boundary War and the Michigan-Ohio War.
The land in question was officially made part of the Michigan Territory by Congress in 1805, but the lack of accurate maps at the time led the land to be claimed by both governments. Due to the strategic importance of the land (specifically, the port of Maumee Bay), both sent out militias to stake their claims.
While only one injury resulted from the conflict, the state of Ohio, with its 21 members in Congress (compared to Michigan's single non-voting delegate), was able to stall Michigan's admission to the Union as a state until they gave up the disputed land in exchange for the western half of the Upper Peninsula. Considered a poor deal for Michigan at the time, the eventual discovery of copper and other valuable natural resources in the Upper Peninsula have led some to speculate that Michigan, in fact, was the ultimate winner of the Toledo War.

I think a lot of the humor of that one comes from it being Ohio and Michigan XD

Jam it back in, in the dark.