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  Well, today's the day. It's go time. If you haven't voted yet, you've still got a couple of hours, depending on where you live. It's 5:30 p.m. Country Standard Time here at Enon Holler World Headquarters and the reports from the local precinct tell of an excellent turnout. When I voted around 2:30 p.m., I was the 100th voter out of something like 215 registered. Usually we don't cross the hundred mark until after everyone gets off work.

 Now, of course, this probably means a lot of Trump votes coming out of Southwest Itawamba County, but I don't think that's surprising no one. Between here and Peppertown, there may be a dozen Trump signs but I haven't seen any for Biden. We do have some heavy things on the ballot this time around apart from the very contentious Presidential election. Mike Espy is getting a rematch against Cindy Hyde-Smith, and that has certainly stirred up a lot of folks. They're either fine with Hyde-Smith being nothing more than a boot-licking Trump rubber stamp with no soul or they're not.

 We've also got some heavy ballot measures, three as a matter of fact. One is finalizing the newly chosen Mississippi State flag, replacing the one from 1889 that was designed to give the finger to African Americans. Another one was to change the way the governor is elected, which was set up as another finger to newly christened black voters. I'm sort of shocked at how many folks didn't know the latter was necessary, that a candidate had to win on votes and counties, but it really hasn't been an issue in over 20 years.

 Finally, we're voting on whether or not to allow medical marijuana in the state of Mississippi. Sort of. You have to vote yes or no for the whole thing in general, and then there are two initiatives to choose from. Initiative 65 is actually designed to be effecting and help folks while 65A is designed to, at best, make sure the state legislature profits from the initiative if not outright scuttle it.

 I don't know how anything will work out nor will I make any projections. I am not confident in how anything will end nor am I confident either the Trump people (and their lickspittles in the Senate or on the Supreme Court) or the Mississippi state legislature will play fair. Anyone who still gives the Republican Party or conservatives, in general, the benefit of the doubt has no one to blame but themselves.

 In any event, I haven't decided how I'm going to spend the rest of the evening. I may play some games, I may do some reading, or I may do some writing. Sort of depends on what sort of headache Otis insists on being. Either way, I'm going to try to avoid election news as much as possible because I do not need that kind of stress.

 We've had a remarkable turnout all over the country, not just here in Cardsville. Long lines in other Mississippi towns and in polling places across the country despite an extremely healthy turnout for early voting. If nothing else, hopefully people will get how important turnout is. I firmly believe if voting turnout had been this strong for the last couple of decades, well, we wouldn't be dealing with a petulant third-rate game show host-slash-cult leader for the biggest marks on the planet in the White House.

 And most reports say voting has gone rather smoothly despite big fears on both sides. Republicans are, of course, pushing false information about voter shenanigans, but official sources say all is cool. They need something to whine about to be happy anyway, so that's nice for them. Some places are extending hours because of hiccups here and there, and everyone should realize that if they are in line when the polls close, they're still allowed to cast a ballot.

 Supper's about done. So unless something interesting pops up, we'll leave this here. I'll check back in tomorrow. Everyone cross your fingers.