November 6, 2018

At the Polls

Local citizens took to the polls Tuesday to vote on a broad array of candidates and ballot measures. A few took the time to explain why they're proud to earn their "I Voted" sticker.

Tasha Valleroy completes her ballot as her 2-year-old son Hayden Felter sits in the voting booth at the A.C. Brase Arena Tuesday.

David Hale, 54, checks in with election judge Lisa Elfrink before voting at City Hall Tuesday.

Larry Sikes, 70, carries his schnauzer, Twinkie, and an "I Voted" sticker out of the polling place after voting at at the A.C. Brase Arena Tuesday. "I wanted to get the right senator in there," Sikes said. "[The sticker] is to make sure everybody knows I voted; I did my duty."

Wes Tripp, 70, exits the A.C. Brase Arena after voting with a fresh "I Voted" sticker stuck to his eyeglasses case, which also bears a similar, worn-out sticker. "That one's from the last time I voted," he said. "I just keep 'em. But I don't like to keep 'em on my shirt because they tear off."

Dillon Huber, 27, poses for a photo with an "I Voted" sticker outside the A.C. Brase Arena Tuesday. "I like to voice my opinion," Huber said of voting. "And everyone has that right."

Shon Carter, 44, poses with an "I Voted" sticker at City Hall after voting Tuesday. Carter said he enjoys voting as a way to express his opinions on "which direction the country should be going." "I'm the only conservative in my family, he said. "[President Trump] and I, we're in agreement but without all the foolish comments and tweets. If it weren't for that, I'd probably have been at the rally last night."

Kasitel Gilchrist, 4, came to the polls at the A.C. Brase Arena Tuesday with his grandmother Debbie Rhodes-Hodge, 61. The boy said he was excited to come along on the "adventure." "I want him to see it's a matter of responsibility," Rhodes-Hodge said, adding that her grandson also helps remind her of how consequential voting can be. "As adults, as citizens, as registered voters we have the responsibility to make decisions and to do things with our grandchildren in mind," she said.

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Local citizens took to the polls Tuesday to vote on a broad array of candidates and ballot measures. A few took the time to explain why they're proud to earn their "I Voted" sticker.

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