The nice thing about masses of young, first-time voters is that they seem to get distracted by noises, candy, and bits of foil on the ground.

For example, Amber Lee Ettinger, the “Obama Girl” from last summer…

apparently didnt bother to vote in her primary:

Last summer, the music video “I Got a Crush on Obama” was a Web hit, splashing a seductive performance by a 26-year-old model named Amber Lee Ettinger across millions of screens and prompting deep thoughts about candidates and sex appeal, the YouTube generation of voters, viral marketing and so forth.

On Tuesday night, City Room ran into Ms. Ettinger at an election-watching party in Greenwich Village and asked how things went at the polls.

“I didn’t get a chance to vote today because I’m not registered to vote in New York,” she said.

So where is Obama Girl registered to vote?

“New Jersey.”

Um, but didn’t New Jersey also hold a primary?

True. The problem, she explained, was that she was sick in New York City and was unable to get back across the Hudson River to the polls in Jersey City.

Makes perfect sense, right?

“I was in Arizona for the Super Bowl — every time I get in the airplane I get sick,” said Ms. Ettinger, who did manage to make it to the Svedka Fembot election returns party at Chinatown Brasserie…The previous day she had hit the streets of New York to interview voters, where a Daily News photographer snapped her picture on Park Avenue.

It’s interesting to explain to non-Minnesotans; Minnesota Republicans pray for blizzards on election night; Republicans will crawl across broken lightbulbs to get to the polls, while Tics – especially the “young and clueless” crowd that the Dems bank on for most of their fortunes – will skip elections to catch the latest episode of “Jackass”.