Something new this year: The absentee ballots we requested arrived in today's mail. We've always gone to the polls, but amid all the other turmoil in this election we opted to take an easier way (maybe not cheaper, though - it will cost $2.30 for postage to mail our completed ballots compared with maybe 30 cents worth of gas to drive to our voting place). Ah well. The times they are a'changin'!