I did my civic duty this morning.

I sometimes wonder why I bother voting, since elections where I live tend to combine the pomp and circumstance of a Chicago back room with the edge-of-your seat suspense of a coronation. According to FiveThirtyEight, my Congresscritter has a 99.89% chance of reelection. Still, I got to vote against some state constitutional amendments that would increase the power of the state government or give special privileges to certain politically popular groups.