The turnout is never too damn high.

It’s election day in the United States. A quick guide to your voting rights in case you’re turned away at the polls. 1/23

“Accountability” and “the will of the majority” are things that elections can't do. Vote anyway. 2/23

Bad weather will greet many voters today. Republicans are happy to hear it. Judging by early voting data, though, turnout is going to be high. 3/23

Here’s an excellent primer on watching today's contests, from talking heads to snacks, to survival tactics. 4/23

Also, a cheat (spread)sheet for tracking referenda on different states’ ballots. 5/23

One thing that elections do well: they "define political parties through the process of nominating candidates for office." 6/23

I would rank 1860 as No. 1: That year’s campaign contributed to a disintegration of the national fabric, and the aftermath included the astonishingly bloody Civil War, the abolition of slavery and the construction of a much stronger national state. All elections are important, but few live up to the hype of being truly historic. 7/23

"The country abandoned the establishment, not the other way around." From 2016, how American politics became so insane. 8/23

If you’re not burned out on election stuff, here’s a fun podcast episode about the drama inherent to Ireland’s sophisticated PR-STV (proportional representation by the single transferable vote) voting system. 9/23

Longread: Isaiah Berlin's pluralist rejection of ultimate solutions remains a great argument for liberalism. 10/23

Vietnam trades more relative to its GDP than any other large nation since at least 1960. 11/23

After years of progress, China inexplicably repeals a ban on the medicinal tiger and rhino trade. Tiger farms may explain why. 12/23

"Life without sex can have its downsides." The commercial banana is the world’s most endangered major crop. 13/23

As with marijuana generally, there are too few studies on CBD to support almost all of the wellness claims. 14/23

Echoing calls for a "just transition" off fossil fuels, Spain will close and restore coal mines, retrain workers in a union deal. 15/23

Beware the turquoise: Aerial photographs of melting ice in Greenland. 16/23

Your weekly white paper finds that struggling individuals are more motivated by giving advice than receiving it. 17/23

A study shows that "good guys" in superhero films engage in more violent acts, on average, than the villains. 18/23

The Tallahassee yoga studio shooter identified with “involuntary celibates” and recorded misogynistic videos. 19/23

Forgotten history: Oregon has long been a haven for white supremacists, with the exclusion of blacks written into its constitution. 20/23

A man in Austria tries his best to bribe nearly everyone he meets for five days. He mostly succeeds. 21/23

Metaphors matter: A study found that switching from describing crime as a “beast” to a “virus” led participants to propose different solutions. 22/23

France's Scrabble champion can't speak French. (He is believed to have memorized the French Scrabble dictionary.) 23/23

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