Living in Chicago where politics = life*, there is one person I ALWAYS make sure I speak to at the polls. The ward heeler (I'm not sureof his exact title.) I want to make sure my Alderman knows I ALWAYS vote. Then when I call the Alderman's office because I need something (building permit, sewer cleaned out, noisy nieghbor taken care of) the Alderman knows my name!

*Chicago is called the Windy City because of the politicians -- not the weather!