How much is YOUR vote worth?

Day 2,065, 14:15 Published in United Kingdom United Kingdom by Vilh Smecwald

In these tough times, when the economy is absolutely awful, people have been especially hard-pressed for cash. This means that many individuals have been considering making extra gold through ways they would not have previously considered.

One such option is the selling of votes. Commonly this has meant voting for articles or even subscribing to newspapers in exchange for moolah. But one other way, as has been recently observed by many citizens, has been the selling of votes for electoral office.

An election recently (for the leadership of The Round Table) had 3 gold being offered, but the candidate lost and was later seen crying with his head resting on several crumpled-up cans of Foster’s, muttering something that sounded distinctly like “why do THEY have to be so butthurt?” and “THEY’VE all got it in for me!”.

Meanwhile, an entirely unrelated election, for leadership of The Unity Party had 5 gold being offered, but also resulted in the candidate losing. The failed candidate was eventually found leering from a rusty red van, seemingly oblivious to the furore caused by recent events at polling stations.

In response to the allegations, he flatly denied involvement, claiming that: “Let’s just make one thing clear. I have ONLY ever offered candy, and ONLY in exchange for…well, it wasn’t votes, OK?”

Regardless of where the gold was coming from, it was clear that the perpetrator/s had underestimated the value of a vote. With gold prices lower than they have been in many moons, it seems that 5 gold simply isn’t enough to buy people’s principles to your agenda.