On the subject of voting irregularities, my partner and I both encountered an incompetent pollworker at our polling place, the Louden Nelson Center in Downtown Santa Cruz. I am wondering whether any voters there were hassled while their names were being looked up on the roll.

Voting irregularities were reported in: Louisiana, Florida, Ohio, and Wisconsin

Sixteen state propositions, six of which conflict, make today's ballot one of the most complicated in recent memory. Here are some links and tips, if you haven't had time to investigate yet. My slate? Vote for Democrats; YES on J, N, 59, 60, 60A, 66, 70, 71; NO on others; Madrigal, Reilly, Robert Norse (write-in), and Coral Brune (write-in) for Santa Cruz City Council.

Great story about the French endorsement of Kerry.