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@@ -86,3 +86,9 @@ Before running `SQLTesting.py`, you also need to install `psycopg2`:
 See `queries.py` for queries to write.
 Submit your altered `queries.py` to Gradescope at <a href="https://www.gradescope.com/courses/535193/assignments/2852219">Assignment 1a</a>.
       
+## Relevance
+
+Not only will this inform our later discussion of implementation
+strategies, but the first test will either require you to write SQL
+queries along these lines (w/ the elections databases), or critique
+given queries.