By Ellen Kobe

Medill New Service’s team of election 2015 reporters hit the streets of Chicago today, exploring polling places, speaking with voters and spending the day with candidates. Here are some of the most interesting sights and sounds of the city on Election Day.

Candidates out and about

Though mayoral candidates don’t often cross paths, Fioretti and Garcia took advantage of the opportunity at Manny’s Deli and chatted with constituents together.

The meet-and-greets of mayoral candidates Jesus "Chuy" Garcia and Bob Fioretti converge at Manny's Deli, 1141 S. Jefferson (Meg Anderson/Medill) #chicago #chicagoelections

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  Samantha Webb, candidate for 10th ward alderman, stops by a polling place in Calumet Park. #ChicagoElection2015 pic.twitter.com/JYvbASHx6f — Medill Reports (@MedillChicago) February 24, 2015

Doughnuts and coffee make for potentially-sketchy electioneering

Listen to reporter Dean DeChiaro talk about encountering doughtnuts at an 11th ward polling place this morning:

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Read DeChiaro’s full story:

Free doughnuts raise questions about electioneering at Bridgeport polls. #ChicagoElection2015 http://t.co/GwbtTCTjTo pic.twitter.com/vNVV2g6n7G — Medill Reports (@MedillChicago) February 24, 2015

People and polling places

Voter turnout was fairly slow in some wards at the beginning of the day.

Democracy, 7 a.m. #11thWard pic.twitter.com/J0OqIAkXoX — Dean DeChiaro (@DeanDeChiaro) February 24, 2015

But voters eventually woke up and made the trip to the polls.

#47thWard polling place administrator Steven London checking voters' signatures: "Let me make sure your John Hancock is John Hancock-y." (Phoebe Tollefson/Medill) #chicagoelections #ivoted

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Urcille Brown, who just celebrated her 100th birthday Jan. 26, on voting today: "I have a duty. Civics was a prime subject in high school. You discuss and make decisions with your family. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose." (Phoebe Tollefson/Medill) #chicago #chicagoelections #ivoted

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"Among the 150 voters today so far, about 80% of them are Chinese-American seniors," said Katrina Herring, election judge in #25thWard (Jin Wu/Medill) #chicago #chicagoelections #ivoted #chinatown

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Keep up with Medill News Service’s election 2015 coverage as poll results continue to come in this evening.