Recognizing that today is election day in the United States, and that November 13 is municipal election day in Ontario, I hereby present a list of poor Get Out The Vote ideas:

• Door knocking by the Blue Man Group
• Telephone outreach by Tom Carvel and Harvey Fierstein
• Street Teams - composed entirely of mimes
• Voting guides - printed co-op with the local greek take-out place
• Indictment and/or disbarment of your candidate
• Providing shuttle service to the polls - on recumbent bicycles
• “Get to know your post-election appellate lawyer” meetings for party faithful in tight races
• Voter micro-targeting - based on an analysis of old usenet postings
• Localized� comment spam� on community-based blogs
• Catering your voter rallies with� Belmont Steaks*
• Losing a land war in Asia

For your enjoyment: a vintage Carvel ice cream radio ad.

*For those of you too young to remember, Belmont Steaks was the name on the cab of the truck delivering food supplies to the summer camp in the movie Meatballs. Anyone remember what the truck was carrying?