Do You Smell That?

It's the smell of civic responsibility, it smells like duty!
I voted today, just a few minutes ago as a matter of fact. For the most part, if i didn't care who won because I didn't know the candidate, I just left it blank. This was the case for the majority of the judicial positions. However, I decided that for major state rolls, I'd throw my vote away in a different manner. I voted for people who couldn't possibly win as a symbolic way of showing that I think that both of the two major parties have done a bum job over the last few years and that I think that they will continue to "stay the course" in this respect. The one section of the ballot that I genuinly cared about was the various initiatives up for the vote. I'll admit that I voted in a rather leftist manner, but I was constrained on a couple of initiatives because provisions had been built in which I thought aught to be on a seperate measure or just shouldn't be regulated at the state level. Besides, on issues that were contentious such as new property taxes for education and eminant domain, the people that I voted for for city government appear likely to vote my way on a case by case basis, obviating the need for the state control.
That's my political rant, one of millions being posted today.