“Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot”

“Absentee ballots” are not “absent tea ballots,” but there are jokes. Some of the puns involve Earl Grey, the name of a tea.
     
“Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot. via http://punoftheday.com” was posted on X/Twitter by GreenLava on June 11, 2014. “Coffee was just voted the best drink. But it was unfair, there were absent tea ballots” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on November 3, 2024.
 
 
Wikipedia: Absentee ballot
An absentee ballot is a vote cast by someone who is unable or unwilling to attend the official polling station to which the voter is normally allocated. Methods include voting at a different location, postal voting, proxy voting and online voting. Increasing the ease of access to absentee ballots is seen by many as one way to improve voter turnout through convenience voting, though some countries require that a valid reason, such as infirmity or travel, be given before a voter can participate in an absentee ballot.
 
Wikipedia: Earl Grey tea
Earl Grey tea is a tea blend which has been flavoured with oil of bergamot. The rind’s fragrant oil is added to black tea to give Earl Grey its unique taste. However, many if not most Earl Greys use artificial bergamot flavour.
   
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Terry Dexter
@GolfFanboy
Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot.[Click to Vote!]
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3:13 AM · Jun 11, 2014
 
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GreenLava
@BloggerSentral
Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot. via http://punoftheday.com
3:20 AM · Jun 11, 2014
 
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Monroe Payne
November 4, 2014 at 7:40 AM ·
1. Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot.
2. If you golf on election day—cast an absent-tee ballot.
 
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M❍n❍t❍ne❍fBill™
@MonotoneofBill
To move people along I hear they have absent tea ballots in England
3:31 PM · Sep 29, 2016
 
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Marshall LaCasse
December 23, 2016 at 4:48 AM ·
Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot.
     
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Scott Madsen
February 6, 2017 at 6:35 PM ·
Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot.
 
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Drake Akens
@DrakeQRandom
Be like Earl Grey, he always voted.  Even when he was out of town he voted absent tea.
8:21 AM · Nov 4, 2018
 
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decker 💎
@bejeweledpro
why are they called absent tea ballots? where did the tea go???
2:43 PM · Jan 27, 2020
 
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Lou Pine
@pinewoodsdojo
Earl Grey was away on business during the election.
So he cast an absent tea ballot.
8:51 AM · Jul 13, 2020 from Michigan, USA
       
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Carla Regelman-Driggers
June 11, 2022 at 8:55 AM ·
Earl Grey was away on business during the election. So he cast an absent-tea ballot.
 
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Courtney Theriault
@cspotweet
Why did the voter bring Earl gray to the polling station?
They heard it was an absent tea ballot.
1:17 PM · May 29, 2023
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Dan Wagner
June 17, 2023 at 7:04 AM ·
Earl Grey was out of town during the last election. Being a good citizen, he submitted an absent-tea ballot.
 
Reddit—Jokes
bhendel—November 3, 2024
Coffee was just voted the best drink
But it was unfair, there were absent tea ballots
 
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Paul Reeves
November 4, 2024 at 6:30 AM ·
Coffee was just voted the best drink
But it was unfair, there were absent tea ballots
   
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Jerusalem of Iron 🇮🇱 עם ישראל חי
@jerusalemofiron
Coffee has officially been voted best drink. ☕️
The election wasn’t fair, though. There were absent tea ballots.
7:02 PM · Nov 4, 2024
 
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𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 || Ultimate Dad Jokes
@MediocreJoker85
Coffee was just voted the best drink in the nation.
But it was unfair, there were absent tea ballots.
11:23 AM · Dec 14, 2024