Democracy is our oldest and most sacred of national institutions but you wouldn't necessarily know it. Consider how little time we spend actually acknowledging and celebrating it. Oh sure, there's July 4th -- but that's really more about our emancipation from British tyranny. Election day isn't even a holiday in...

1. Find Your Polling Place and Polling Hours. Unfortunately, many polling times and hours are inconvenient for werewolves, vampires, and "night owl" types. Fortunately, you can track down your local polling place info at www.canivote.org.

2. Leave Mindlessness to Zombies. Even in mid-term elections, there's a lot of important campaigns...

I'm biased toward laughter. My life is a recipe with equal parts Halloween, democracy, fun, and getting out the vote. That's just what happens when you work for a program like Trick or Vote. When other people are attending conventions in suits and ties, I get to dress up as...

"This is brilliant," I thought to myself while staring at a crowd of zombies, vampires, witches and the undead. I had attended plenty of get out the vote efforts, but never like this. The room was packed, Monster Bash was playing loudly over the speakers, and everyone was dripping thick...