Florida’s polls open in just about 30 minutes. Elsewhere in the country they are already open, and early voting has already broken records. We know that TOM will be spinning for their Chosen One. We also know that exit polls are not reliable indicators of what actually went on in the voting booth.

Very close to 7am I will walk the length of a football field to my polling location. If you’re like me, the election won’t be the only task on your calendar today. But I hope it is the most important one. Let me make this clear:

• If it is raining where you live — Vote!
• If the lines are long and you have to wait — Vote!
• If you have to walk to your polling place, walk and –Vote!
• If you have a friend who hasn’t voted yet, call them and — Vote!
• If you’re fed up with the commercials, the mailers, and the calls — Vote!
• If you have to skip lunch — Vote!
• If you believe the polls are right — Vote!
• If you believe the polls are a pile of excrement — Vote!
• If you’ve never been registered to vote until this year — Vote!
• If you’ve voted in every election since Truman beat Dewey — Vote!
• If you are less than thrilled with the choices you have — Vote!
• If you are jazzed about the candidate your voting for — Vote!
• If your car is in the shop, call a friend, call a cab, call a local campaign office, then –Vote!
• If you think that your (spouse, neighbor, co-worker, friend) is going to just cancel out your vote — Vote!
• If you just got the 24-Season 6 box set and have planned a marathon viewing session, hit pause and — Vote!
• If you are fighting a bad hair day — Vote!
• If the latest assignment from your boss makes as much sense Barack Obama’s tax math — Vote!
• If your 401K won’t pay for your retirement party, let alone your retirement — Vote!
• If there’s a cougar standing between you and your polling place — Vote!
• If your WoW guild has a big raid planned — Vote!
• If you’ve never heard of WoW — Vote!
• If the dog just left you a present on your new carpet — Vote!
• If you’re a plumber — Vote!
• If you’re not a plumber — Vote!
• If you’ve ever heard of Liquid Plumber™ — Vote!
• If today is your birthday — Vote!
• If your birthday is sometime in the next 365 days — Vote!
• If the only thing you have to do today is contemplate how many angels can fit on the head of a pin — Vote!
• If today is your anniversary — Vote!
• If today is your wedding day, who gets married on a Tuesday? But — Vote!
• If you think your vote doesn’t count — Vote!
• If you want the right to bitch on Wednesday — Vote!
• If long, meaningless blog posts annoy you — Vote!

You probably get it by now. If you haven’t already voted there is nothing more important for you to do today. VOTE!