Today is Election Day in Maryland

I walk into work today and start asking if we get any leave to go vote. First of all, none of my coworkers knew that today was an election day. Secondly, when I told them it was the primary for the November elections, one response was, "What the hell is a primary?" Civic partcipation at its best. Considering that these are all Government employees as well, one has to feel a little disheartened.