Voting guidelines

Know where to go: Visit www.publius.com to find out where you're registered to vote. If you live near campus, check out our precinct map on page 3. You can also call the city clerk's office at 734-994-2725 .

Know what to bring: If you've never voted in your current precinct, you'll need identification to prove who you are. This can be a driver's license or other photo ID. You also might have to prove your residency. For this, use a pay stub, bank statement or any document with your name and current address. If you have voted in your precinct previously, you don't need any documents or identification. Just go vote.

Make it on time: Polls in Michigan are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Voice your vote just short of goal

The Michigan Student Assembly's Voice Your Vote Commission registered 4,896 students to vote this year, falling just 104 students short of their 5,000-person goal. But they haven't given up trying to motivate you to the polls: Look for volunteers doling out information on the Diag and observing election procedures at the polls.

Around the nation

Polls on the eve of the election from across the country aren't predicting much for sure - except that it will be a wild election night.

Senate races in Rhode Island, Maryland and Virginia have narrowed, and many U.S. House of Representatives races that were once considered safe Republican seats are now in play. Most political analysts still expect the Democrats to wrangle control of the House, but the party will have a much harder time wresting the Senate away from the GOP. Democrats need to pick up 15 seats to take the House and six seats to take the Senate.

The Democrats haven't controlled both houses of Congress since 1994. Before then, they controlled Capitol Hill for four decades.

Instant coverage

Check The Wire, The Michigan Daily's news blog, for election updates throughout the day at www.michigandaily.com/thewire.

Coming tomorrow

Check out the Daily's comprehensive election coverage in tomorrow's edition, including:

Results and analysis of state, Congressional and local races

In-depth coverage of Proposal 2, including campus reaction and the history of affirmative action at the University

Details on a possible shift of power in Congress and what it could mean for the nation

Results and analysis of the other four ballot proposals, including Proposal 5, which could have a dramatic affect on University funding, your education and your tuition

Who will fill the two open seats on the University Board of Regents and what that means to you

Where the partisans are

The University's chapters of the College Democrats and College Republicans will be working furiously tomorrow to get out the vote for their respective candidates. Here are their plans:

Look for the Dems in the basement of the Michigan Union and in Angell Hall until 8 p.m.

Republican students will be delivering literature door-to-door in a last-ditch campaign effort. They'll watch the returns at off-campus houses and don't plan to have any election-watching events on campus.

Coleman to respond to election results

Regardless of how Michigan votes on Proposal 2 today, University President Mary Sue Coleman will address campus tomorrow on the Diag at noon.

In the event of poor weather, Coleman will deliver the address in the Michigan League Ballroom.