Well, the 2022 Midterm Elections have come and gone, and while voters were not able to decide if America’s most powerful victim of potential Elder Abuse should remain in office there were still some “Voter Irregularities“. So, once again, it’s probably a good time to update the lexicon that takes typical and every-growing examples of “voter irregularities” and conveniently expresses each using a single word.
Presenting another revision of my Election Lexicon…or, as I call it:
Word | State | Definition |
---|---|---|
Arenarhea | GA | Thousands of ballots suddenly appear from nowhere in the counting room, preferably while no official election observers are present. |
Bridgeported | CT | Ballots are photocopied when there aren’t enough. |
Cuyahogtied | OH | Voting machines fail, causing long lines at polls. |
Denverted | CO | Diverting voters to less crowded polling places during periods of heavy voter turnout. |
Doralater | FL | Telling early voters to come back later after they overwhelm a polling location. |
Fairfaxified | VA | Keeping polls open hours after they’re supposed to close. |
Georjoke | GA | Justice system within a state refuses to take action of alleged voter fraud. |
Iawoe | IA | Problems created when a phone app designed to “help” with voting tabulation fails miserably. |
Hamiltwoed | OH | Multiple voters cast multiple votes. |
Lawrenced | MA | Passing out absentee ballots and instructing people how to fill it out for your candidate. |
Maricanta | AZ | Voters forced to put ballots into a “secure box” after electronic ballot scanners suddenly fail right before the polls open. |
Maloroni | NY | Rich Liberal Democrat telling their poor constituents how to stretch a dollar due to the repressive policies of Democrats. |
Michadelphia | MI | One candidate suddenly gets tens of thousands of votes while their opponent gets none. |
Oregone | OR | Changing a voter registration from “GOP” to “Non-Partisan”, thus denying them from voting in the GOP Primary. |
Pewaukounted | WI | Voting machine fails to count a voter’s ballot. |
Philadelphiarized | PA | 100% of the votes in a group of precincts “unexpectedly” go to one candidate |
Philadelphide | PA | Number of registered voters almost identical to the total number of eligible voters. |
Pueblopposited | CO | Voting machine switches your vote to the opposite candidate. |
Shampain | IL | Computer servers tabulating electronic votes come under cyber attack on Election Day. |
Here’s an example of the New Elexicon in use, to show just how convenient it is:
“When our polling place was Cuyahogtied, we Denverted, but began to Bridgeport as soon as we determined Lawrencing was taking place outside. In fact, the waiting line was so long and Pewaukounting so rampant that the Mayor authorized Fairfaxing. Remarkably, almost all of the polling places were Philadelphiarized: We really didn’t even need to Hamiltwo or Pueblopposite! ”
Have you got another word that would be right at home on this list? If so, let me know!
Thanks for reading!