IT'S ELECTION DAY! I've been hearing reports about how crowded the polls are today. Don't let that keep you from voting.

Here in Manhattan, the healthy turnout is reported to be record-breaking, but the time it took me to vote this morning wasn't bad--only about 15 minutes. I'm pretty sure that was shorter than my wait to buy fruits and vegetables a couple of weeks ago. And this time no crazy person pushed ahead of me!

Really, the wait today was nothing after the four long years I've looked forward to this opportunity. I passed the minutes by chatting with a poll worker. Our conversation rambled from the game of Monopoly to gambling at Atlantic City.

When it was time for me to enter the voting booth, the poll worker advised me to begin by pulling the red lever. Instead of responding with a naughty quip, I remembered the one-armed bandits at Atlantic City casinos and joked with her about what the jackpot might be.

You can't win a jackpot from the Gotham Gazette's Voting Arcade , but the games are fun--and educational, too!

And if you are still "undecided" after all this time, Bush clearly hasn't earned your vote.