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Election Day In New York

By: Bey

New Yorkers can finally breathe a collective sigh of relief. After today, there will be no more annoying campaign ads on TV, and no more campaign junk clogging up your mailbox. But you have to admit, some of those TV commercials were fun. The strangely touchy-feely ad showing Eliot Spitzer at a school, when we all know he is SO not touchy-feely. Or the repetitive one calling Chris Callaghan, the man running for state comptroller against Alan Hevesi, “unqualified” for this and that (prompting my 7-year-old son to ask “Is he qualified to do anything?”).

The most important thing on Election Day is to go out and vote. One often wonders if it’s worth going to the polls on this day if you live in New York: if you’re a Democrat, you don’t have to vote because they’ll probably win anyway, and if you’re a Republican, you don’t have to vote because your vote won’t make a dent.

But really, participation is key, especially when races are interesting. New Yorkers get to ponder between a nasty bulldog (Andrew Cuomo) and a woman with a seriously problematic husband (Jeanine Pirro) for attorney general. And between a corrupt Alan Hevesi who used taxpayer money to hire a personal chauffeur for his wife, against Chris Callaghan, Unqualified. Tough choices, but at least if you vote, you earned the right to complain about the results.