article_snippet.sent: Amid the rain, Ferguson opened its polls at 6 in the morning with concern that few would come out to vote in such a pivotal election.
article_snippet.sent: There was dread, especially in the African-American community, that if the turnout was low, then all the protests, investigations and calls for change would have been in vain.
article_snippet.sent: Some residents did have Some residents vote on.
article_snippet.sent: Some residents felt a duty to vote this year.
article_snippet.sent: Yes, she voted in presidential elections, but she never paid much mind to local races.
article_snippet.sent: she was undecided about who to vote for until the last minute when she walked into the polling station with another voter and another voter discussed the race.
article_snippet.sent: That's not a good thing," McClellan said as McClellan stood in the drizzle at a polling station, hoping to persuade voters who were still undecided.
article_snippet.sent: At a church where voters from all three wards were casting ballots, Fletcher predicted a 40%-50% turnout.
article_snippet.sent: When the rain let up for a few minutes, a stream of voters trickled into the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Ferguson to cast voters votes.
article_snippet.sent: Past elections have not seen the kind of canvassing activity that took place in the last few weeks.
article_snippet.sent: Nor have past municipal elections drawn so much media attention.