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$\"\"$ <\/p>\n

That is, don\u2019t pull that (mostly metaphorical) lever for any candidate in any race where you don\u2019t know enough about the candidates to make a reasonable decision.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t vote for the candidate who matches your race or sex, or the candidate whose race or sex you believe is underrepresented.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t vote for the candidate about whom you saw an ad on TV last night that they hate women or want babies to die or whatever wild accusations in scare-filter mode that may or may not be true.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t vote for a candidate solely because they have an R or a D behind their name, if that\u2019s all you know about them.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t vote to retain judges just because, surely, they wouldn\u2019t have become a judge without being a good guy.<\/p>\n

It is not necessary to vote in every race.\u00a0 Even if you haven\u2019t been able to educate yourself on the candidates, even if you feel that the prospect of doing so is more than you have the capacity for, with competing work and family obligations, you can consider yourself to have done your civic duty if you show up at your polling place, even if you leave some or even most of the races blank.<\/p>\n

So go ahead, and leave a race blank.\u00a0 Or grab the endorsements list from a reputable newspaper (the Chicago Tribune\u2019s is here<\/a>), so as to ensure that you\u2019re not voting for a turkey like the Nazi who got himself on the Republican ballot<\/a> or returning an unqualified judge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And with that said, happy election day!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Image:\u00a0https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Voting_United_States.jpg; By Tom Arthur from Orange, CA, United States (vote for better tape) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"