Serena Sundaram walks out of the polling corral Tuesday to cast her vote at the Auburn Senior Community Center. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Auburn residents in Ward 5 vote Tuesday at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine on 2nd Street. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

A Lewiston woman heads Tuesday toward the Ward 5 voting station at Longley Elementary School on Birch Street. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Richard and Rella St. Pierre get help Tuesday from Lewiston Ward 5 warden Joline Banaitis at the ballot-counting machine at Longley Elementary School on Birch Street.  Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Kris Napier of Lewiston marks her ballot Tuesday at the Longley Elementary School on Birch Street. Napier learned it was voting day when she dropped her daughter off at school. She was disappointed voting had not been better publicized. “If this is how we are meant to affect change, it’s not very effective,” Napier said. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

Lewiston Ward 5 election clerks Diane Desjardins, left, and Pauline Chaloux pass the time Tuesday at a voter check-in table at Longley Elementary School on Birch Street. “I should be paying them because I’m enjoying this,” Chaloux said. “I would do this every time.” Low voter turnout was expected with mostly uncontested primary races on the ballot. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal