One of my cousin's wives posted a picture of her grandmother's Halloween costume.

A dress made of gray paint shade sample strips.

hunting knife

You don't know my neighborhood, man. It's semi-automatic weapons all the way.

fully-charged phone

I will charge my phone!

Sadly, the place I vote is the rec center where I work out, and they don't have wifi, so I can't liveblog my wait.

Fortunately, I live in a redonkulously liberal neighborhood, so at least the wait in line should be festive.

How many wives does your cousin have?

I'm sick home from work, though I'm monitoring requests from my desk here if need be.

We're going to try to vote before work, too. We'll see how it goes, but I am not anticipating a wait.

It's because all of our schools are polling places and there is a security risk with unvetted adults traipsing through schools when kids are present.

I don't get this. I have voted in many schools (and had the school I went to be a polling place!). You put the polls in an area that has a direct route to the outside, and put someone to guard the internal door.

OK, now I don't have tomorrow off any more.

I have voted in many schools (and had the school I went to be a polling place!). You put the polls in an area that has a direct route to the outside, and put someone to guard the internal door.

IME, schools are only closed on election day if it's a presidential election year. Midterm elections don't have a high enough turnout for security to be a real concern.

I am showering and getting ready to go volunteer for get out the vote today and tomorrow.

Tom, you work for the govt, right? Why did you potentially have it off? If so, you do get Monday off, at least.

On the GMO ballot measure: I am philosophically opposed to legislation-by-initiative, the way it is practiced in California. It's an abdication of the legislature's responsibility, passing the burden of investigation and research to the general public. The GMO question is not as bad as some I have seen in the past, like complicated questions about penal policy and whatnot, but it just burns me that this is what the state has been reduced to.

So I voted no on the GMO question, but I admit I voted Yes on stopping the death penalty, and yes on the redistricting.

California voters: please vote yes on redistricting. It is the way we validate the non-partisan sensible redistricting plan prepared by an independent committee, and if we don't approve it, we will end up back in Gerrymander land.