Elections on My Mind

There's an interesting article on FiveThirtyEight (which I need to stop checking compulsively, but I know I won't) about how the Philadelphia transit strike could lower voter turnout.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/a-transit-strike-in-philly-could-lower-turnout-among-black-and-poor-voters/?ex_cid=538email

Now I understand why Israel has a national holiday on Election Day: just because polls are open for 12 hours doesn't mean that people can actually vote without missing work.

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Also, after I posted about how bummed I was when I sealed my ballot, Sister sent me a link
to this letter from the President of Ner Israel Rabbinical College. It doesn't cheer me up a whole lot, but it really makes me feel validated.