Martin Walsh’s union ties only part of picture

Mayoral candidates Martin J. Walsh and John R. Connolly traversed Boston in a last-minute hunt for holdout voters.

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  At the Oak Square YMCA Sarah Oliver voted with her rescue Chihuahua, Dixie.
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  Voting was sporadic at the polling place in the basement of the Boston Public Library.
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  Voters filled the Franklin Institute polling place on East Berkley Street in the South End. Rupert waited while his owner, Maureen Russell from the South End, voted.
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  Voters at the Franklin Institute polling place on East Berkley Street in the South End.
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  At the Honan Allston Branch Library, seniors enter the precinct. Bostonians come out to vote for a new mayor and others.
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  At the Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Center voters were directed where to go by an arrow on the floor.
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  Nolan Putnam, 2, worked on his lollipop as his mother, Marlene, cast her ballot at Holy Parish Hall in West Roxbur.
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  Inspector Sylvia Charles redid her "I Voted" stickers for those checking out at Ward 14's Precinct 5.
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  Ania Camargo (left), a Connolly volunteer, talked to Beacon Hill resident Suzie Tapson, and Cecilia Idman-Rait as they looked over voter registration lists on Mt. Vernon Street.
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  Mayoral candidate John Connolly, left, greeted a voter outside the Elihu Greenwood Elementary School in Hyde Park.
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  Members of the sheet metal union, Local 17, manned their posts this morning outside Holy Parish Hall in West Roxbury.
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  After hearing that a 101-year-old woman had voted for him, Martin J. Walsh went to pay a visit to Josephine Worrell, who resides in Ward 11, Precinct .
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  Rep. Marty Walsh voted with his partner, Lorrie Higgins, and her daughter Lauren Campbell at the Cristo Rey School.
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  Accompanied by children Teddy and MaryKate, mayoral candidate John Connolly voted at St. George Orthodox Church in West Roxbury.
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  People were bombard with campaign signs at the Franklin Institute polling place on East Berkley Street in the South End.
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  Long time East Boston resident Tom Domenico left no doubt about how he felt about a casino in East Boston.