Vote. Please, please vote, if you have not already done so. Vote now. You can read these stories later... Here's BILLBOARD's "Music Industry Guide to the Midterm Elections," for anyone who wants to know who stands where on music-rights issues, who made the MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT happen (and who stood in its way), who supports the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS and the NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES, and other issues high on music's agenda. Also of particular interest to musicians and the music business today, and every day: LGBTQ rights, affordable and accessible health care, education, immigration, the ability to live the next couple of years without being under unbelievable stress 24 hours a day... Twenty-four musicians tell PITCHFORK why they're voting. "Sometimes it feels helpless, but things do not fix themselves," LEON BRIDGES says, sounding like your dream phone-banker. "We have to show up and do the work and make our voices heard"... The story of YOUNG JEEZY, Atlanta rap and Georgia gubernatorial candidate STACEY ABRAMS... The story of TAYLOR SWIFT and the Tennessee Senate race... The story of WILLIE NELSON and the Texas Senate race... Et tu, JIMMY BUFFETT?... A photo of you at your polling place will get you free tickets to shows by the likes of DRIVE-BY TRUCKERS, PLAYBOI CARTI, BOYGENIUS and TY SEGALL in at least 32 states tonight (the #IVOTED campaign has options for early voters, too)... MTV's +1 THE VOTE campaign, aimed at millennial and post-millennial voters, has an after-party tonight in MIAMI hosted by CHARLAMAGNE THA GOD and LIZA KOSHY... Bring your "I Voted" sticker or voting stub to AMOEBA RECORDS and get $3 off anything in the store... MusicSET: "The Politics of Pop: When Musicians Speak Up"... MusicSET: "Music the Vote"... But seriously: Vote now. Read later.