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Kentucky Town Keeps Electing Dogs and Raccoons as Mayor, and Nobody's Laughing Because It's Completely Real

In a tiny Kentucky river town, the residents have been electing animals as honorary mayor since 1998. A dog. A raccoon. Another dog. It sounds like a joke headline, but Rabbit Hash is real, and this tradition is absolutely genuine.

Mar 13, 2026

Dead on Arrival, Elected Anyway: The Only-in-America Tradition of Voting for Ghosts

Across the United States, deceased candidates have won elections with alarming regularity — sometimes because voters didn't know, and sometimes because they absolutely did. What does it say about American democracy when a corpse is considered the better option?

Mar 13, 2026