Jeff Peckman's Wacky Denver Alien Petition Not the First of Its Kind

The United States has nothing to worry about because Jeff Peckman has a plan. Peckman, 54, has proposed a ballot measure that, if passed, would require the city of Denver to create a commission that deals exclusively with potential alien invasions. According to 9news, Peckman's commission would run the city about $75,000 per year and would come up with safety plans and educate emergency workers on how to deal with aliens. If this passes, E.T. Better watch out!

After some digging, it was revealed that while Peckman's suggestion is definitely unique, he is not a trailblazer by any means. Wacky ballot measures have been hitting the scene for years. Below are just a few of the funniest or strangest ones of recent history.

The Two Witness Initiative

It could be a good time for criminals in Arizona. An initiative has been started that would prohibit prosecution to be brought up against anyone accused of a crime unless at least two witness are present to attest to that crime. In short, the measure suggests that one can not be prosecuted for a crime unless there is clear convincing evidence and/or there are at least two witness to the crime. If this passes I wouldn't be caught dead walking around alone in Arizona.

If two people didn't see it, it didn't happen.

Embryo Transfers

In Washington, an initiative measure is currently making the rounds that would try and lower abortion rates; no it's not through education or more economical means of birth control, but through embryo transfers. Go ahead, blink a few times. I did too. Under the initiative the state would be responsible to pay up to 90% of the cost of an embryo transfer instead of abortion. Embryo transfers refer to one of the IVF steps in which embryos are placed into the uterus to establish pregnancy. My best guess on this would be that under the initiative the already fertilized embryos would be removed from one person and placed into another.

Kind of like when you have a sweater you don't want so you give it to a friend.

St. Hooky's Day

Those Colorado citizens really do have a sense of humor. An interesting proposal hit the ballot which suggested a day be set aside in which workers are encouraged to call in sick. The proposers even came up with the date and name. "St. Hooky's Day" shall be celebrated on the third Friday of October for the sole purpose of encouraging individuals to call in sick. Every once and a while you just want to feel like you are in high school again, I suppose.

Looking at all the proposed ballots gathered here it's hard to pick a winner for the "weirdest" category. They are all interesting in their own way and I'd like to think the St. Hooky's Day group is really out to create a really great joke. The embryo transfer concept seems pretty legitimate so I might have to pick it as the weirdest of them all.

While science is great and all, I'm not sure how I feel about the fact that we've progressed to the point were we can pass off embryos like sticks of sugarless gum. On the same token we've apparently also regressed to the point were one person can not be trusted to witness a crime and thus we must instate a "two person or more" rule. I can't imagine that will help the crime rate any in Arizona.

I'm sure there are more wacky ballots out there to discuss but these are certainly my favorite. A top runner-up was an Idaho Initiative that wanted to remove wolves from the state, yeah just take them all out, send them to Canada or something, but I haven't looked into that enough to know if it really is how it appeared in text.