job representing the city."

He is a "big fan of Mr. Elliot" because the way he watches over the city finances. On the School Committee side, he supports Dave Conway for his accomplishments.

"He leads the way," Macri said of Conway.

Ken Favreau held a sign for Elliot while resident John Dwyer held a sign for George O'Hare, an incumbent candidate vying for another three-year seat on the Greater Lowell Technical High School Committee.

Favreau said he's happy with improvements at the vocational technical school, but he'd like to see less fighting by School Committee members over at the regional school.

"It's a great school and they're making terrific improvements there. But the political infighting, it has to stop," he said. "It has to stop."

"This is way more active than the preliminary, whenPrecinct 3, one of three precincts moved to the arena for this election.

Andres Rivera, voting at Tsongas Center, said in the future he'd like for candidates to have a party designation next to their name on the ballot.

"There should be a D or an R on the ballot," Rivera emphasized. "A lot of my friends refuse to vote because they don't know who to vote for without the D or the R. It does matter to them."

According to numbers around noon, O'Brien said that Ward 1, Precinct 3 at the Reilly School in Belvidere has recorded the highest turnout of at least 350 voters. Around the same time, the Robinson School on June Street had about 215.

While the recent activity has been encouraging, O'Brien said he didn't have