Voters coughed their way through the dust in the construction zone outside the polls at the high school.
"People are finding their way," said Theresa Cooper, a Democratic poll worker.
In the less tony precincts of North Philadelphia, voters faced a different set of impediments: a trio of dragonlike papier-mache masks hanging over the polling booths at the offices of Congreso de Latinos Unidos, a Latino nonprofit.
The traditional Puerto Rican totems, sharp-toothed and fierce, didn't frighten 18-year-old Sarah Gaston, nine months and three days pregnant. Poll workers applauded when she revealed it was her first-ever vote.
"Obama and Hillary are bringing the truth back, and they promise better things," said Gaston, who wouldn't reveal her choice. "I just had to come out and vote.
"I felt like this was important. You know what I mean?"
Contributing were Inquirer staff writers Jeff Gammage, Kia Gregory, Jennifer Lin, Nancy Petersen and Mari A. Schaefer.
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