#ScribesAndMakers 8/28. Our next featured creator is a pun-slinger. Share a pun. In Spanish, to vote is votar. To throw is botar. They are pronounced identically. In 2015, I was in Guatemala during the election, in San Pedro Atitlan. Prohibida Botar Basura, or Throwing Trash Prohibited is a common sign painted on the walls of the town.