vote. we ll be watching those percentages in the rankings of the other candidates as the percentages of the vote increases. this is exciting. this is election night. republicans in the great state of illinois making big consequential decisions whether to punch their ballot for mitt romney, rick santorum, ron paul or newt gingrich. actually, that s not the way it has worked at all. have you seen what the ballot looks like that republicans were using tonight in illinois? it s different in every county, but this is representative. let s put up the macon county ballot. if you re going to vote in illinois and you re voting in macon county, which is right in the middle of the state, if you want mitt romney to be president, you can indicate you want mitt romney to be president of the united states, but whether or not you do that, it doesn t really mean anything. it does not get totaled for any official purpose. we will tell you tonight what the final results are of how people filled in that p