Monday, Nov. 20, 2000

Fun With Democracy

By Melissa August, Val Castronovo, Matthew Cooper, Ling Minhua, Lina Lofaro, Ellin Martens, Benjamin Nugent, Michele Orecklin, Julie Rawe, Sora Song, Josh Tyrangiel

WAITING GAMES

The upside of not knowing who won the election is that everyone has more time for equal-opportunity mocking. And while the Internet has yet to change the way we vote, it has facilitated the spread of good, sometimes even interactive satire.

SLAMDANCE Watch them wiggle to Devo's Whip It on tvdance.com/bush-gore

THE "BAFFLE ME" STATE Ballots aside, modernhumorist.com makes a case for changing the name to "Flori-Duh!"

BALLOTS 'R' US Taterbrains.com has an early draft of Palm Beach County's butterfly "boo-boo"

ART THERAPY Express your angst by morphing their faces. Just click and drag on colonize.com/warp