First off, call for help if you run into trouble today:

• Call 866-OUR-VOTE.

"When did you say you mailed in your voter registration form?"

"About two months ago," I said, ear pressed to the phone.

"That's not what I like to hear," she sighed.

There was some great coverage in this morning’s Congress Daily of a press conference organized yesterday by the Student Association for Voter Empowerment (headed by former YP4 Fellow Matthew Segal) and People For the American Way Foundation with key Congressional leaders on the problems young voters are likely to face during this upcoming election season.

Around the country, activists and organizers are concerting efforts to ensure that our right to vote is fully recognize, restored and respected for all of us!

A victory for voting rights has occurred in Puerto Rico. Chief Judge Fuste of the U.S. District Court in San Juan, Puerto Rico granted an injunction today requiring the Puerto Rico State Electoral Commission to print ballots and instructions in both English and Spanish for the upcoming November elections. http://www.topix.com/world/puerto-rico/2008/08/fust-ordena-impresi-n-papeleta-biling-e-5-27-p-m-agostos-de-2008-primera-hora-com

The votes of Florida and Michigan should be counted for determining the Democratic nominee for President. I think that everyone’s vote should count. While it is true that those two states didn’t comply with the rules of the Democratic Party, that was not the fault of the individual voters in those states. I think it is ironic that many Democrats who complained that not all votes were counted in Florida in the 2000 Presidential race but now some of those same people don’t want to count the votes in Florida’s and Michigan’s Democratic primaries.

On February 19, 2008 students of Prairie View A&M in Texas took to the streets to make a statement about voting rights. Students at this HBCU stood up and made a statement "It's 2008. We will vote!" - which was plastered over their banners and t-shirts. Why did these students march 7.3 miles to be able to vote early and register to vote?

My Super Tuesday in California started this morning at 4:15am with the usual shower and phytonutrient-filled multivitamins. But, this was no ordinary Tuesday. Yes, it is Fat Tuesday aka Mardi Gras (which justifies my trip with a fellow poll worker to Coldstone), but it is also Super Tuesday. Oh, the joys of running a precinct as the rest of the nation watches you, the Golden State, anticipating your decisions.