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Notice the quotation marks around the words “Election day,” and also notice I didn’t capitalize “day.”<\/p>\n

It’s because the actual election day will be15 days from now. However, I am going to march into the belly of the beast sometime Monday to cast my ballots for a slew of candidates and issues along my lengthy ballot in Princeton, Texas.<\/p>\n

I still cannot define with clarity why I have decided to break with the tradition of waiting until Election Day to cast my ballot. I won’t try.<\/p>\n

I am just going to drive to the polling place and wait to cast my ballot. I am going to vote enthusiastically for a number of races, such as for president and the US Senate. I won’t belabor the points on why. You know why.<\/p>\n

It’s a full ballot and none of the candidates with whom I am most familiar present any real threat of a candidate making a deal-breaking mistake between now and the day they count all the ballots. I will split my ballot among Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n

I do enjoy the pageantry, such as it is, about Election day or Day.<\/em> Indeed, I would support shutting down everything for Election Day, which this year falls on Nov. 5. Why not make casting our ballots for whom we want to lead us a national holiday?<\/p>\n

That’s another story for another day.<\/p>\n

A big day awaits tomorrow as Texas goes to the polls.<\/p>\n\n

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