Oh, would that we had early voting... Absentee ballots are available only if you really expect to be unable to get to your polling place on the day. Likely to get even more restrictive in the future, as that's where much of the vote buying happens (with pot/ pills as preferred payment). And here in KY, the polls are only open from 6 am to 6 pm. Our voting machines make true recounts impossible, too; we have to just pray that the votes are correctly recorded, with no way of knowing if they are.

For the presidential race, we're a safe republican state, so we've been spared those ads. But this is expected to be one of the closest house districts in the country; 2 years ago it was about a 500 vote margin, and may be even closer this time. Same 2 guys running, and their ads have degenerated to calling each other liars and criminals. My brother's in Ohio, and he says the ads he's seeing are no where as nasty. More of them maybe, but not as vile.