Actors' Over-marked Ballots

Voters clutch paper ballots scrawled in multiple columns, bubbles filled across party lines that Josh scrambles to correct before invalidation ruins the votes. Man waves his sheet insistently, black man seeks confirmation, beggarly woman frets over mistakes, and woman in red coat holds back the reveal. Josh's urgent explanations—vote one column only—build tension until actors drop character, exposing Toby's Election Day prank that leaves Josh humiliated and storming off.

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S4E7 · Election Night

Ballot Confusion — Prank and Collapse

The over-marked ballots are the narrative linchpin: they physically embody voter confusion (multiple columns marked), create procedural urgency, and justify Josh's interventions. Their flawed state threatens to invalidate votes and heighten campaign anxiety.

Before: In voters' hands, marked incorrectly with multiple columns or boxes punched.

After: Held by the actors as evidence of the ruse; the immediate crisis is reframed as a prank rather than a real vote-loss emergency.

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S4E7 · Election Night

Staged Voters Expose Josh's Election Jitters

Actors' over-marked ballots are the central visible props that manufacture the crisis — actors present ballots marked across multiple party columns to simulate mass voter error and force Josh into correctional mode.

Before: Held and being marked by the actors, deliberately filled across multiple party columns to appear erroneous.

After: Exposed as props in a prank; the immediate threat is neutralized as the ballots are revealed to be part of the troupe's performance.

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