VOTE

Today is the day, Americans. (Don’t believe any flier you may have received stating otherwise.) VOTE VOTE VOTE!

Here’s some stuff you can get for free after you vote today (I’m not sure if you *have* to vote, according to federal election law, but it’s part of the fun):

•Coffee. Starbucks expects to hand out “hundreds of thousands” of free 12-ounce drip coffees (valued at about $1.75 each), says spokeswoman Jenny McCabe. “If everyone who votes comes in for a free cup of coffee, we’ll have some lines,” she says.

•Doughnuts. Some 85 of Krispy Kreme’s 231 locations in the U.S. will hand out star-shaped, red-white-and-blue sprinkled doughnuts “while supplies last,” says spokesperson Dana Hughens. The chain will give out about 200,000 doughnuts valued at 99 cents each. “People are definitely talking about the brand as a result of this,” she says.

•Ice cream. Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. in each time zone, Ben & Jerry’s ice cream shops will hand out single-scoop ice cream cones (a $3.40 value). “What better way to encourage people to be politically active than to give away free ice cream?” asks spokeswoman Liz Brenna.

•Sandwiches. In a local market promotion, several hundred of the nation’s 1,400 Chick-fil-A stores will hand out $2.70 chicken sandwiches to adults who show proof that they voted, says spokesman Jerry Johnston.

And though I never think Borat is funny, and I’m not sure why they put non-Americans in these voting videos (though, heck, one of my favorite Australians and I do nothing but talk politics these days), I found the rest of this hilarious and moving (Go NPH!):

I’ll be at the polls today.