NP: Mercury Rev, The Secret Migration

Just a quick note to Jay Newton-Small: Illinois voters do not "brave snow flurries." We call it "going outside."

This is the second time I've noticed what seems like a disproportionate amount of calls to civic duty for voting in a midterm primary, and I'm starting to wonder if that's a function of the relatively low appeal of this particular calendar date. Still, the disconnect is large on this one, and outside of making sure Todd Stroger doesn't make it to November, I don't see enough incentive for me to pretend I belong to one side or the other.

As an independent, I still don't feel wholly comfortable voting in party primaries, although I think the judicial section probably straddles both ballots. Even then, the one judge I would like very much to vote against is not on this ballot. If there were an open primary, I'd feel differently, but as it stands, I feel like an intruder, and not in that good "subvert the system by voting for the least viable candidate on the other side" way.