Vote, but Don't Gloat.

It's an auspicious day. People are heading to the polls, but very few of them, and fewer still know why. Many people will arrive at the elementary school or community center today and know only one thing: that they are here to be counted. It's a better kind of counting then simply filling out the census alone in your room, the late summer evenings calling to you, you, stuck under penalty of law to finish, just finish the damn thing. A lot of energy is put into informing folks about what they are voting for, but never enough. It can never be enough.

Most voters today will simply choose their position randomly today. They might know the difference between a Democrat and a Republican, but they sure as hell won't know the difference between any two candidates today, let alone how they feel about a referendum on a water treatment facility. Today, voters will enter the voting stall, close their eyes and hope for the best.

And why not? We only have two years to go until the Mayan apocalypse, and they days aren't getting any longer, now that winter is around the corner. If you must vote, do, get out there and cast a ballot, no matter what the outcome. Just participate, damnit. But, please, if you see a thin man looking jealously at you as you cast your vote, don't flaunt your right. Maybe he hasn't established residency yet, and is responsible for his own disenfranchisement. You don't know his situation. It could happen to anyone. Just, please, be sensitive.