Today after months and months of campaigning, primaries and lots of rhetoric, Mississippi voters will head to the polls to choose among a number of statewide offices and an important state education issue.

After a wet weekend and a rather dreary Monday, the weather forecasters suggest today should be much better — though perhaps a bit foggy early.

Hopefully good weather will bring out more voters than Adams County Election Commission Larry Gardner predicted.

He said recently that based on the number of absentee ballots cast early that approximately 40 to 45 percent of voters should turn out for today’s election.

Gardner is probably correct, as he’s among the most astute local election experts around, but we hope he’s wrong.

Sadly, many of the races on the ballot simply aren’t gathering much public sentiment. Only one Adams County Supervisor’s seat remains up for grabs — District 5.

Statewide, few believe the race for governor will offer much significance, as well.

Initiative 42, the constitutional amendment aimed at shoring up public school funding, may hold some potential to draw in voters.

But the initiative is too complicated for many to understand, let alone figure out how to properly vote using the “two-step” method required.

Elections shouldn’t be this way. Collectively, we should care more.

We should all remember that millions of the world’s people don’t have the right to freely express their opinions about who should represent them in government.

Unfortunately only 4 or 5 out of 10 of us typically seem to care enough to vote in what may be considered a largely lackluster election.