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Video: Monkeys Are Collecting Brit Ballots In NYC

ballotmonkey.jpg This is weird: a London-based ad agency in SoHo is offering British citizens a unique opportunity to cast their ballot in the national elections via a monkey. BallotMonkey.org offers a free pick-up and delivery service of ballots through their monkey helpers, like a 10-month-old Japanese snow macaque named Yoko, who arrive at your home or office with a trainer to collect your vote.

According to the Daily News, the site is hoping "to drum up support for the May 6 vote, seen as the closest election in Britain in nearly 40 years." One 27-year-old ex-pat, Lizzie Stupak, tried out the service and told the paper, "It's kind of a kooky campaign, but I think it's great." Plus, the agency even pays for shipping the ballots overseas.

As for the monkeys (yep, Yoko has coworkers), they are rented from All-Star Animals in New York. And according to the end of this video, they like to eat ballots.

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  • Think2wice

    OMG it took everything I got to not bust out like a hyena in the middle of the library after watching that.

  • ksh68nyc

    Wait - these are New York monkeys used in a British election? Won't their lack of UK citizenship invalidate the ballots?

  • schizofriendly

    Why didn't the folks at the US Census think of this?

  • RevWaldo

    I don't give a monkey's!!...my ballot.

  • zincink

    Would you have to tip the monkey with some kind of tiny hat?

  • Rocknrope

    Felix rant in 5....4...3...

  • RoboticInsides

    Wow! This makes me wish I were British!

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