News organizations have been continually predicting high voter turnout for this election. What does that mean, exactly?

In Minnesota, it means that 70-plus percent of eligible voters will cast a ballot at the polls on Election Day. Historical voter turnout would be in excess of 80 percent, in my mind. In our state, voters haven't come out in that quantity since 1956.

Candidates for Jordan mayor poked a few barbs at each other. Nothing major.

The Jordan Area Chamber of Commerce's forum for mayoral and city council candidates ended on a positive note, with Mayor Ron Jabs and his opponents, Pete Ewals and Daniel Elke, shaking hands and mulling through the same crowds. 

But a half-hour earlier, when it was Jabs' turn to answer a question about the divisive issue of the impending upgrade to the intersection of highways 21 and 282, one of his opponents grabbed a second microphone and interrupted the mayor's answer.

Starting off the day today with a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch and a bottle of Mountain Dew ...

It's been a long but also strangely restful weekend. I worked.

During elections, it's important for a newspaper to have a lot of consistency in its coverage. For the past few years, reporters for the Jordan Independent or other Southwest Newspapers have written a feature story about every candidate who represents the city of Jordan. I will be finishing up the task this week with features on each of your neighbors who are seeking mayoral and city council seats.

Read the Jordan Independent for the most up-to-date election news.

I work every election night to provide you with the best information as soon as possible. I've been down to the city hall pretty much every day, for the express purpose of serving you with online updates of who's in the icy-hot mayoral and city council races. 

So you know where to go to get in the know.

Tonight, when the election results start trickling in, I'll be right here at my computer, waiting for the slightest word from our election officials. 

Four candidates for the Jordan School Board and one former candidate were in attendance at the board’s Oct. 8 meeting.

When Sand Creek Township voters chose Tuesday to move elections to November, they chose to abandon annual voting in lieu of voting for town board members every other year.

Whew! I finished my last interview of a Jordan City Council candidate for this year's election coverage.

Election coverage can be stressful. It's not exactly fun for the whole family. But I'm going to try to make the reading fun -- at least.

On my way home from Jordan last night, I saw a hatchback with two bumper stickers proclaiming "HATCH."

I thought that was funny. Get it? Hatch on a hatchback. It's better than a TV campaign ad any day.

I just got a call from the campaign manager for a Twin Cities judicial candidate. The campaign manager asked me to walk in a parade. I very much appreciate the offer. Of course, I declined. Editors ought not to support any candidates by walking in parades. Although the candidate is running for a nonpartisan office and the campaign manager is a good friend of mine, it's not worth giving off the appearance of wrongdoing that might plague me later in my career.

You see, most people still hold the general perception that objective reporting is synonymous with good reporting. I think objectivity is more synonymous with not caring.