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

    • At the Oak Square YMCA Sarah Oliver voted with her rescue Chihuahua, Dixie.
      Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
      At the Oak Square YMCA Sarah Oliver voted with her rescue Chihuahua, Dixie.
    • Voting was sporadic at the polling place in the basement of the Boston Public Library.
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      Voting was sporadic at the polling place in the basement of the Boston Public Library.
    • 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 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.
    • Voters at the Franklin Institute polling place on East Berkley Street in the South End.
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      Voters at the Franklin Institute polling place on East Berkley Street in the South End.
    • Allston MA., 11/05/13, At the Honan Allston Branch Library, seniors enter the precinct. Bostonians come out to vote for a new mayor and others. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
      Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff
      At the Honan Allston Branch Library, seniors enter the precinct. Bostonians come out to vote for a new mayor and others.
    • 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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      At the Veronica B. Smith Multi-Service Senior Center voters were directed where to go by an arrow on the floor.
    • Boston, MA 110513 Nolan Putnam (cq), 2, worked on his lollipop as his mother, Marlene (cq), cast her ballot at Holy Parish Hall in West Roxbury, Tuesday, November 5 2013. (Globe Staff/Wendy Maeda) section: Metro slug: 06election reporter:
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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.
    • Inspector Sylvia Charles redid her "I Voted" stickers for those checking out at Ward 14's Precinct 5.
      Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
      Inspector Sylvia Charles redid her "I Voted" stickers for those checking out at Ward 14's Precinct 5.
    • Boston-1/5/13--Connolly campaign volunteers canvased the Beacon Hill neighborhood. Ania Camargo(left) a Connolly volunteer talks volunteer and Beacon Hill resident Suzie Tapson , and Cecilia Idman-Rait(rt) as they look over voter registration lists on Mt. Vernon Street. Boston Globe Staff photo by John Tlumacki(metro)
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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.
    • Boston, MA 110513 Mayoral candidate John Connolly (cq), left, greeted a voter outside the Elihu Greenwood Elementary School in Hyde Park, Tuesday, November 5 2013. (Globe Staff/Wendy Maeda) section: Metro slug: 06connolly reporter:
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      Mayoral candidate John Connolly, left, greeted a voter outside the Elihu Greenwood Elementary School in Hyde Park.
    • Boston, MA 110513 Members of the sheet metal union, Local 17, manned their posts this morning outside Holy Parish Hall in West Roxbury, Tuesday, November 5 2013. (Globe Staff/Wendy Maeda) section: Metro slug: 06election reporter:
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      Members of the sheet metal union, Local 17, manned their posts this morning outside Holy Parish Hall in West Roxbury.
    • Boston, MA--11/5/2013--After hearing that a 101-year-old woman had voted for him, Martin J. Walsh (cq) went to pay a visit to Josephine Worrell (cq), who resides in Ward 11, Precinct 2, on Tuesday, November 5, 2013. Photos by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 06mayormain Reporter: XXX
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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 .
    • Rep. Marty Walsh voted with his partner, Lorrie Higgins, and her daughter Lauren Campbell at the Cristo Rey School.
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      Rep. Marty Walsh voted with his partner, Lorrie Higgins, and her daughter Lauren Campbell at the Cristo Rey School.
    • Accompanied by children Teddy and MaryKate, mayoral candidate John Connolly voted at St. George Orthodox Church in West Roxbury.
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      Accompanied by children Teddy and MaryKate, mayoral candidate John Connolly voted at St. George Orthodox Church in West Roxbury.
    • People were bombard with campaign signs at the Franklin Institute polling place on East Berkley Street in the South End.
      JohnTlumacki/Globe staff
      People were bombard with campaign signs at the Franklin Institute polling place on East Berkley Street in the South End.
    • Long time East Boston resident Tom Domenico left no doubt about how he felt about a casino in East Boston
      David L. Ryan/Globe Staff
      Long time East Boston resident Tom Domenico left no doubt about how he felt about a casino in East Boston.
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