Election Day

Machine politicians across the city were relieved to finally see some snow and chilly temps - it keeps the un-interested voters home (nothing will stop the dedicated Machine people) and makes anything shady easier to pull off.

A couple suggestions for those going to vote in Cook county:

• if you pull a republican primary ballot, you'll note that it's pretty much empty except for the statewide offices. That's because the republican party in Illinois has given up on Cook County to the extent they spend almost no money (because they have so little) and send out maybe two mailers.
• if you pull a democrat ballot, that's where the action is. Tens of dozens of races with hundreds of names for everything under the sun. When we go that direction, it's usually to vote against certain names. A mostly pointless exercise, but fun none the less.

Remember to always vote "NO" on each and every judge. Yeah, they'll be appointed later if they don't get retained by vote, but it's the thought that counts.

And as we've reminded coppers for years who think that by voting they're more likely to be called for jury duty - the state hasn't used the voter rolls for jury summonses for years now - they use the Drivers Licenses (motor voter ring a bell?)

We'll still bet turnout is under 50% again.