"Do you think I really need the $126?" he asked.

*cough*crappypension?*cough*foodstampsandcoupons?*cough*revokehislicensebeforehecanrenewit*cough*

But anyway, this whole ghost voting thing reminds of the "squid" voting that was/is going on in the Italian parliament where a politician sitting next to an empty seat will vote with his/her own buttons in addition to the ones meant for the empty chair. Yeesh.