On election day we walked over the polling place after work. I got my ballot and proceeded to the booth, but there was a hangup with my wife's ballot. They didn't allow her to vote, so we started to walk out.
When we got to the sidewalk there was a guy handing out literature. He heard us talking as we went by and said, "Did you have a problem?"
"Yes," said Mrs IncPen
She told him the story, and he said, "Come with me..."
He put his arm around Mrs IncPen and walked her back into the polling place, telling her he was a precinct captain.
We got inside and he said aloud, "Fellas, this is Mrs IncPen. She didn't get her ballot."
With a flourish, a ballot was produced and Mrs IncPen voted.
He waited, and on the way out he told us, "Vote with the Mayor, especially in the primaries, and you'll never have snow or garbage in the alley, and your councilman will take your calls."
Words to live by, Chicago style.