Don’t forget that tomorrow (Wednesday, April 20th) marks the beginning of early voting for Austin’s General Municipal Election. It’s a simple but very important election in which three seats on the City Council are up for grabs, as well as the controversial smoking ordinance. In the coming days, I’m sure that I and my fellow Austin Metbloggers will continue to pour our collective wisdom about these races down your throat, but in the meantime you can do some of your own damn legwork by checking out …

• the Austin City Clerk page, complete with sample ballot, candidate listings, voting locations, and dates
• the Austin Chronicle endorsements, so you know how the city’s alterna-establishment thinks you should vote
• the Austin American-Statesman endorsements (registration required), so you know how the city’s established-establishment thinks you should vote (council races only)

There is now no excuse for being uninformed, so get out and vote like you’ve never voted before! Vote like the wind …