The official ballot of the General Election in Paradise.
The General Election is the process by which the citizens of Paradise, Arizona choose electors for public offices. The day of the election is Wednesday, and the Postal Dude decides to vote, even if the system is flawed, because "he cares". Cock Asian hosts the balloting, and during the election, the Karaoke lounge of Cock Asian is guarded by the Police to ensure a safe process.
The ballot's design is quite confusing, prompting the Postal Dude to call its designer a moron, and then to say he doesn't even know who he is voting for. The public offices that are voted during the election are Mayor and Treasurer, Sheriff and Wildlife Containment Officer, and Manhole Inspector and Safety Regulator.
In the original A Week In Paradise, it's the School Daze level and not Cock Asian where the balloting is hosted.
Electors for Mayor and Treasurer[]
Republican:
- Phil M. Sanders - Mayor
- Sancho Rito - Treasurer
Democratic:
- Junkyard Guy - Mayor
- Spike - Treasurer
Thespitarian:
- Teri Hogan - Mayor
- Hal Gore - Treasurer
Electors for Sheriff and Wildlife Containment Officer[]
Hippocritic:
- Habib Ali Ishmael - Sheriff
- Joe Leiberman - W.C.O.
Demographic:
- Steven Segall - Sheriff
- Sak Mun Ching - W.C.O.
Communist:
- Slappy Dyaboliko - Sheriff
- Thassa Hewdgebich - W.C.O.
Electors for Manhole Inspector and Safety Regulator[]
Constitution:
- Bob Rimmer - Manhole Inspector
- Two-Toes Willy - Safety Inspector
Institution:
- The Gimp - Manhole Inspector
- Osama bin Smith - Safety Inspector
Prostitution:
- Paula Jonez - Manhole Inspector
- Krotchy - Safety Inspector
Trivia[]
- The ballot's design is reminiscent (and likely a parody) of the "butterfly ballot" used by Palm Beach County, FL, during the U.S. presidential election of 2000.
- The ballot also pokes fun at the chad disaster of the butterfly ballot by having the Dude leave a hanging chad, and one chad not even making it all the way through the paper.
- Each electable office on the ballot has a disclaimer, reading "A vote for the candidates will actually be a vote for their electors". In real life, this disclaimer is only used in reference to US Presidential elections, since these elections are decided via the Electoral College instead of the direct, popular vote. This implies that the town of Paradise uses their own Electoral College or equivalent for its elections, even for the relatively minor municipal offices on the ballot that would normally be elected by a simple popular vote plurality in the real world.
- The name Hal Gore is a parody on the name of former US Vice President Al Gore.
- The name Teri Hogan is a reference to former professional wrestler Terry Gene Bollea, better known as Hulk Hogan.
- Teri Hogan also shares his name with Larry Hogan, 62nd governor of Maryland. However, this is coincidental, given that Larry Hogan started his time as governor in 2015, well after POSTAL 2 was released.
- The political parties on the ballot are a mixture of real-life parties and fictional parties.
- The Republican Party, Democratic Party, Constitution Party, and Communist Party exist in real life.
- The Hippocritic Party, Demographic Party, Institution Party, Thespitarian Party, and Prostitution Party are fictitious.
- Slappy Dyaboliko's surname is a play on the word "diabolical".
- Dyaboliko's running mate is Thassa Hewdgebich. Hewdgebich's full name when pronounced out loud comes out as "that's a huge bitch".
- The Prostitution Party candidate Paula Jonez is a reference to Paula Jones, a woman who accused U.S. President Bill Clinton of sexual harassment.
- In real life, general elections in the United States are almost always held on a Tuesday, but this election is on a Wednesday. However, it's also possible that the Postal Dude was simply voting early, which is allowed in Arizona (and many other states) in real life.