Children watch as parents cast their votes on Election Day

April 3, 2012 | 10:00 a.m. CDT

Beeler Lile, 9, watches as her mother, Marty Lile, casts her vote in the General Municipal Election at the Columbia Public Library. Voters are deciding school board candidates and city council members according to their ward.

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