The polls are open for the Washington Post’s first-ever “Best Politics and Elections Blog” competition. The nominees are a somewhat small, predictable group of major political blogs, with a few oddballs thrown in (Lileks.com?). Results will be announced October 25.

In other WaPo website news, that new newspaper is now offering a whopping 125 RSS feeds to their readers. RSS is something like a personal newswire – when a website issues content subscribers to their RSS feed can instantaneously know. Interested in the technology but not inclined to download an RSS reader? The folks at Bloglines or Technorati can get you started.