I spent about an hour-and-a-half going through and comparing various candidates' positions in the League of Women Voters newspaper guide (they're a non-partisan group that doesn't advocate or oppose any candidate) before heading off to the polls this morning at 8 AM. I live in a small town (population ~4,000) so I didn't have to wait in line at all, which was nice. For president, I went with Gary Johnson. I was leaning towards Jill Stein for a while, but, while she has some good ideas/positions, I don't feel that she could realistically get them funded/implemented. For the other races (state representative, etc.), I mostly voted Republican and Libertarian candidates, but went with a few Democrat and Green ones too--whomever I felt was the best fit and/or least likely to create problems. For many of the local offices (mine inspector, stuff like that), there was only one person running for them, so those were easy decisions in that there were no other choices. There were also no local, or state, ballot proposals, this time around either.
Just out of curiosity, how much were you pestered, via snail mail, to vote this election season? Some progressive group was really on my ass--they even sent me a letter the other day with my voting history from 2008 till now, which I felt was kind of obnoxious (while I have voted regularly during the last three years, I was letting it slide before that). Yeah, it's public information, but I found it kind of insulting that they were compiling that and sending it to me to try to get me to vote (which I was going to do anyway).