Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska are all under the gun of some seriously severe weather on Tuesday, NBC News reports on a development that – fingers crossed, prayers said, totems clutched, sacrifices made at pagan altars, and so on – will still be coming up a week from now as a convenient go-to excuse for certain candidates’ underperformance in crucial races. That, since their most dedicated voters disproportionately turn out on Election Day itself after being told for six years that early voting is unconstitutional, the rain and wind prevented them from making it to the polls.