Kathleen Reid, left, an election clerk in South Portland, walks back into the Stewart P. Morrill American Legion Post 35 after going outside for a breath of fresh air. She has been an election worker for 26 years. In the doorway, Jen Kirk thanks people for coming to vote. She is a friend of School Board Chairman Richard Matthews, who is running for a city council seat against Mayor Misha Pride.
Election workers check in people as voters cast their ballots at Kennebunk Town Hall on Tuesday. In addition to voting whether the town should be released from a deed covenant involving a historic building, residents voted on a proposed zoning change to an area of town and accepting a private road as a town way.
People vote at Kennebunk Town Hall on Tuesday.
Voters fill out ballots at the Portland Expo on Tuesday morning.
Lindsay Clarke votes while carrying her son Silas while her daughter Sagan looks on at East End Community School on Tuesday morning.
Voters fill out ballots at the Portland Expo on Tuesday morning. Among the issues on the Portland ballot is the fate of homeless shelter.
Gabriel Demaine holds up a sticker after voting on Tuesday morning at the Portland Expo.
Melissa Landon fills out her ballot at East End Community School in Portland on Tuesday morning.
Election clerks Linda Albert, left, and Kathleen Powers talk during early-morning voting at East End Community School in Portland on Tuesday.
People vote in the gym at Biddeford High School on Tuesday, casting ballots for mayor in a race between incumbent Alan Casavant, who is seeking a sixth term, and Victoria Foley. Voters also cast ballots for city councilors and school board committee members.
Voter turnout was relatively high on Tuesday morning at Reiche Community School in Portland.
Voter fill out ballots on Tuesday morning at Reiche Community School in Portland.
Reba Askari emerges from a voting booth in the South Portland Community Center on Tuesday.
Voter turnout was relatively high at South Portland Community Center on Tuesday.
Michael Termath, a candidate for Sanford City Council, holds the door open for a voter at St. Ignatius Parish Hall in Sanford on Tuesday.
Tonya Pickering, second from left, greets voters and Michael Termath holds the door open for voters at St. Ignatius Parish Hall in Sanford on Tuesday. Pickering is running for school committee and Termath is running for city council.
People make their way into Scarborough High School where voting was taking place Tuesday evening.
Voters fill out their ballots in the voting booths at Scarborough High School on Tuesday.
Poll workers wait to assist voters at Old Orchard Beach High School on Tuesday.
People enter Old Orchard Beach High School where voting was taking place on Tuesday.
People vote in the voting booths in the gym at Old Orchard Beach High School on Tuesday.
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