Discover Magazine article by LeeAundra Temescu and published online November 3, 2008 proffers: Humans have a record of screwing up democracy, but we aren't the only species getting in on the act. The following I found intriguing:
- 2 Humans are not the only ones that vote. When it is time to find a new hive, honeybees vote for the best location, even though they can’t count. After scouts return from casing possible sites, they dance. The bees that dance most vigorously will recruit other scouts until one site wins.
- 19 Rain can tilt elections. Between 1948 and 2000, for every inch of rain on Election Day in a given county, there was an average 0.8 percent decline in turnout.