Well, folks, it’s the Big Day! Even as you read this, people are going to the polls all around the valley to participate in democracy. (Alas, we saw only two other voters when we showed up at our polling place in Henderson this morning.)

Remember, people: Vote! It annoys the Review-Journal!

Now, let’s do a quick round-up of last-minute election-related items for your reading pleasure.

• “If you’re not on TV, you’re nobody!” At least that’s how we think the quote from the lovely Nicole Kidman went in that one movie, To Die For. To that end, we’ve got just a few places you might watch election results tonight:

– On KLAS Channel 8, the news team and my colleague Jon Ralston will be analyzing election returns, starting at 10 p.m. We’re betting you’ll see an appearance from CityLife columnist George “Knappster” Knapp, who works part-time as an investigative reporter at the station to supplement his fabulous CityLife paycheck.

– On KLVX Channel 10, Nevada Week in Review host Mitch Fox will team up with KVVU anchor John Huck for election coverage starting at 7:30 p.m., running until 10 p.m. Review-Journal Editor Tom Mitchell will join them. (We’ve got the under on five minutes before Mitchell uses the phrase “Jeffersonian democracy.”)

– And, of course, for the most insightful, incisive and interesting political commentary of the evening — as well as the potential for a lot more alliteration — you simply must tune to KTNV Channel 13, where we will grace the airwaves (covered for your protection, as always, in a thick coat of man makeup) with real-life professional news anchor Cathy Ray and the rest of the Channel 13 team. We’re so excited, we might even put on a tie!

• Better to be feared than loved? The Jim Gibson campaign e-mailed a voice mail today from state Sen. Dina Titus that appears to angrily confront a person who works for Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Bob Unger for allegedly helping with Gibson’s get-out-the-vote efforts. (The person was apparently innocent; she just went to the Gibson headquarters to drop something off, the Gibson campaign said.)

Titus, in an angry voice, tells the staffer “…I’ll be speaking to Bob about this, and you can be assured that I am not happy. So, it’s a bad choice that you have made.” Ouch, baby. Very ouch.

The Gibson campaign says that Titus “personally threatened” the staffer, we assume with the implication that she would urge Unger to fire her. The e-mail also (unwisely, we think) refers to Titus as “unstable,” clearly a libelous charge, even in a political campaign.

The fact is, Titus isn’t unstable at all: She’s continuing to play a very serious game of hardball politics. It started at the 2005 session, when lobbyists were afraid even to be seen in the presence of Assembly Speaker Richard Perkins for fear their loyalties to Titus would be questioned. (The reverse was also true, we understand.)

It’s not a very pretty picture, we admit, and if it really is a misunderstanding, it’s even worse. Titus, according to polls, has the election wrapped up. She can afford to be a little magnanimous, and not so paranoid about who may or may not be helping her opponent in the closing hours of the campaign.

• Beers’ makes last-minute push. We’ve got to say, we really do like state Sen. Bob Beers’ final weekend ad campaign. The simple ads feature Beers sitting on a couch, answering questions. They’re a little jarring in the sense that there’s no introduction; Beers just appears on the screen and starts talking. But he’s a good-looking guy, so it’s OK.

We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: Beers is the most Republican best choice for a genuine Republican in the race. U.S. Rep. Jim Gibbons has taken a few positions inconsistent with Republican philosophy (not that we mind that at all, of course) and Lt. Gov. Lorraine Hunt became the queen of cliché during this campaign. (Moreover, we’re sore at her for dodging repeated interview requests for our show on KTNV Channel 13, Political Insiders. Bad! That’s a bad lieutenant governor! Our show could have put you over the edge!)

But one thing about Beers has always concerned us: His association with political failuremeister George Harris. Beers is an investor in Liberty Media, which puts out the advertorial magazine Liberty Watch. And today, subscribers (or victims) to Harris’ e-mail list got a link to a last-minute Beers video, urging them to vote for the senator.

The video was good; Beers message and wry humor were intact. But why the need to rely on Harris? Beers has shown some tech savvy during the race, even airing a commercial on the Internet. He doesn’t need the odious peddler of conservative hagiography to help him. In fact, ties to Harris are a real drain on Beers’ credibility. Beers ought to distance himself from Harris at the earliest opportunity, win or lose today.