PHOTO GALLERY: Voters attend Aug. 7 primary polls

August 7, 2012 | 4:44 p.m. CDT

Columbia residents showed up to the polls Tuesday to vote in the Aug. 7 Missouri primary election.

Ben and Joanna Trachtenberg take their 6-month-old daughter Shoshana to the Columbia Public Library on Tuesday to vote in the Missouri primary election. | Tatiana Fernandez

Colorful bags decorate the polling booths at the Columbia Public Library on Tuesday. Election judge Nono Jost wrapped bags of lentils in patriotic fabric to hold down the cardboard dividers. Jost started using the bags 12 years ago. | Tatiana Fernandez

Sean Coder, from Grass Roots Organizing, approaches voters at the Columbia Public Library to ask them to sign a pledge card for an effort to raise the minimum wage and cap the interest rate on payday loans. | Tatiana Fernandez

Roy Eichelberger, right, gets ready to vote in the primary Tuesday at the Activity and Recreation Center. Election judge Marvin Roberts, left, and supervisor John Rippey assist Eichelberger. | Tatiana Fernandez

Roy Eichelberger wears an "I voted" sticker after voting Tuesday at the Activity and Recreation Center in Columbia. | Tatiana Fernandez

Roy Eichelberger casts his vote Tuesday at the Activity and Recreation Center in Columbia. | Tatiana Fernandez