MILES to GO || before I sleep

So, since I'm going to be out of town for the big November elections, I wanted to apply to vote-by-mail. I went to the California state website and read the guidebook, downloaded the two applications I apparently needed (one for Statewide elections and one for County elections). Then I go to the LA County website and see there's an online application, so I fill that out and shred the paper ones I printed. Question is, will the ballot(s) I get be for the county of Los Angeles only, the state of California, and/or the national presidential election? I'm worried I won't get all that I need. Has anyone else done this process before? Even if you're in a different state, maybe the process is similar... *shrug* any help would be appreciated. Of course, I'm going to call the County Registrar tomorrow for "official" answers, provided I talk to a real person and not an automated system.

Question to the general populous: How do you organize your foreign-language music? For example, I have a lot of music by Japanese artists. iTunes supports Japanese in the titles, artists, and lyrics, and I can set my Smart Playlists to find the artists that way... but is it always the best way? Should I use the romanized names instead? And if so, should I do it the Western Way (Hikaru Utada) or the Asian way (Utada Hikaru)?

82% Joe Biden
82% Barack Obama
80% Hillary Clinton
79% John Edwards
78% Chris Dodd
77% Dennis Kucinich
76% Mike Gravel
67% Bill Richardson
49% Rudy Giuliani
37% John McCain
30% Mike Huckabee
28% Mitt Romney
28% Tom Tancredo
23% Ron Paul
19% Fred Thompson

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz

I took the OkCupid test that was specific to Democratic candidates, and I guess I'm such a freakin' reformist that no one really matches up with me. Plus, this candidates list isn't up-to-date after the caucus in Iowa and the debates in New Hampshire... and wasn't there a something-or-other in Wyoming? (AND WHY THE HELL ARE THEY IGNORING THE MOST POPULOUS STATE!? Grr, angry Californian here...)

Now, this by no means says, flat out, who I'm going to support. But it does give me an interesting perspective, because frankly, I'm still not sure WHO I'm going to vote for. This election is nothing if not difficult.