If you haven’t done so yet, please check that you are indeed registered to vote. My fabulous writer friend Sara Faith Alterman just discovered that even though she sent in her voter registration on time, it apparently got “lost in the mail.” How does that happen? Read about her woes with Massachusetts voter registration in her Boston Phoenix column.

And takepart check if you can vote at http://www.canivote.org/ This nonpartisan web site was created by state election officials to help eligible voters figure out how and where to go vote.