Initiation Among 21st-century knights, within the Roundtable of Common Citizens, a young voter swears her allegiance on the United States Constitution.

Back in February 2010, Carly Fiorina—the former CEO of Hewlett Packard and, at the time, Republican candidate for one of California’s seats in the US Senate—released a low-budget campaign ad characterizing her primary opponent as a “demon sheep.” More than three minutes long, the ad featured ugly clip art, melodramatic voice-overs and a man crawling around on all fours, sporting a poorly designed sheep costume and glowing red eyes.

No matter your partisan leanings, the 2012 election cycle—nasty, costly and seemingly interminable—probably makes you want to just give up and have a drink. Fortunately, you can. The state law banning drinking on Election Day has been defunct for more than a decade, and at least one local bar is taking advantage of that: the Inn of the Anasazi, which will offer politically themed drinks on Election Day—Tuesday, Nov. 6.

In the 2008 presidential election, President Barack Obama had more than two-thirds of the young voters’ votes, and he received his strongest support for the election from voters aged 18-29. The 2008 election also elicited the most young voter votes in history.

They say the only thing worse than being alone is being surrounded by people who make you feel alone. Politically, I suppose, that couldn’t be truer.

The Monday evening potluck taking place inside the phone-bank building contrasted the exterior. While both were covered in signs with various Democratic officials’ names, outside, a small paper attached to an electrical pole read: “Neighbors will tow, more parking is available on Zuni and Taos.”

The “Millennial Generation” is the demographic of young voters following Generation X consisting of 18- to 29-year-olds.

On a recent evening, US Rep. Martin Heinrich’s campaign staff barred Rob Nikolewski, the editor of the politics website Capitol Report New Mexico, from a press availability with US Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., who appeared at a Heinrich fundraiser in Santa Fe.

In the second presidential debate, on Oct. 16, the men who would rule our nation uttered the word “children” just once in 90 minutes—when Romney declared we’re all “children of the same God.” They said “job” 100 times and “tax” or “taxes” 76, but “education” was mentioned only 13 times, generally as a footnote to comments about the economy or gun control.

Throughout his eight years as a Republican state senator, Steve Komadina repeatedly tried to rid the state’s election system of a ballot option that he says drives him crazy.