Photo: Steve Terrell (CC)

On your mark, get set, vote! Polls are open from now till 7 tonight for national, state and local races.

Q: Where do I vote?

A: Call Jefferson County: (205) 325-5550, Jefferson County (Bessemer only): (205) 481-4105, Shelby County: (205) 669-3913.

Or Search Your Polling Place on AlabamaVotes.gov.

Wade on Birmingham:
election results tonight

Remember, if you have problems at your polling place:

• Notify a poll worker immediately.
• Call the state attorney general at 1-800-831-8814 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Wednesday or fill out this online form.
• Call the secretary of state at 1-800-274-VOTE (8683) or visit her site, StopVoterFraudNow.com.
• And tell the probate court for Jefferson County (205-325-5203) or Shelby County (205-669-3713).
• E-mail us at Vote2012[at]wadeonbirmingham.com.

Q: What can I expect to see on the ballots?

A: Check out these sample ballots for each county.

You’re voting for president, U.S. Representative, state and county officials.

Q: And what about all those amendments?

A: Some last-minute recommendations from Alabama Media Group, Left in Alabama, the Attack Machine and Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama.

Who are you voting for today? Tell us in the comments.

• • •

More Vote 2012 coverage.

By screen, by ovals,
by absentee, by punches,
with our heads and hearts.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

The cocoon wasn’t
up to specs, so the planners
trashed that model, too.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

Weakness, fatigue, poor
planning, despair, undermanned,
loss of interest, time.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

He would laugh at an
odd thought, then reminisce on
things that might have been.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

The fashionable
thing is to chop off one’s ears.
No one’s using them.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

The murky surface
lapped the tops of cars along
flooded city roads.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

Video: “Monster Hunt with James and Kevin”

Happy Halloween! A short film from my friend, Birmingham director Stacey Shirley.

Today, they want some
candy. But tomorrow, they
return for our houses.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

She came ashore in
a huff, embracing landmarks
only to crush them.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

The residents live
in a fog of unhappy
thoughts, immune from ghosts.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

The rutted yard teemed
with guests sipping and laughing
while the band packed up.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

Winter never shows,
left unwelcome by summer’s
enduring heat wave.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

Scavenging trunks for
gluten-free treats, bobbing for
organic apples.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.

I wonder if she
still thinks about me as she
moves on with her life.

• • •

Read more haiku.

Subscribe via RSS to Wade’s Daily Haiku. Or have it delivered daily by e-mail.