Voters who didn’t vote early or by mail were waiting in lines hundreds of people deep throughout South County as Election Day kicked off. By 4 p.m., the St. Louis County Board of Elections said that turnout hit 72 percent, including absentee and mail-in ballots. Polls close at 7 p.m., but you can vote as long as you’re in line at closing time.

The lines at most major South County polling places hovered between 100 and 200 voters waiting around 8:30 a.m. and have ebbed and flowed throughout the day. But even at voting sites with longer lines, most voters reported that the line moved quickly. Temperatures reached the mid-70s at midday, allowing voters to comfortably wait outside and keep 6 feet apart for social distancing.

Polls opened at 6 a.m. and stay open through 7 p.m., although anyone standing in line when polls close will be able to vote.

New this year, registered voters can vote at any polling place in St. Louis County. And new this election, voters can check the election board’s website for waiting times at polling places.

While you’re waiting, check out the St. Louis Call’s South County Election Guide 2020, with articles and endorsements on all the candidates and issues you need to know.

Check back to www.callnewspapers.com for all the results in South County races tonight.

Here is a sampling of lines seen through the St. Louis County Board of Elections’ new waiting times app:

With less than one hour to go until polls close, these precincts reported no lines at all: LiUNA Event Center, Mesnier Elementary, White-Rodgers Community Center, Dressel Elementary, Grant’s View Library, Rogers Middle School, Crestwood Elementary, Crestwood Community Center, Oak Bend Library, Sunset Hills Community Center, Truman Middle School, South County Health Center, Lindbergh Central Office, Buerkle Middle School, Queen of All Saints, Wohlwend Elementary, Oakville High School, Oakville Elementary, Assumption Parish, Washington Middle, Kennerly Elementary, South Side Church of God and Kennedy Rec Center.

In late afternoon approaching 5 p.m., Crestwood Community Center and LiUNA Event Center reported no voters in line, the Sunset Hills Community Center only had five, Dressel Elementary reported only 10, Kennerly Elementary had two voters and Lindbergh Central Office reported just eight. Other polling places like Forder Elementary and Hancock Place Administration Center still topped 100.

In the morning, the shortest lines at major polling places were at Dressel Elementary (25 in line) and Wohlwend Elementary (12 in line).

Green Park:

Green Park City Hall – 17 at 5:37, 49 at 4:22, 26 at 12:53, 100 in line at 11:45, 100 in line at 8:30

Affton:

Mesnier Elementary –  0 at 5:53 p.m., 40 at 4:27, 59 at 1:49, 139 at 11:15, 179 in line at 8:14

White-Rodgers Community Center – 0 at 5:40 p.m., 42 at 4:22, 42 at 1:44, 89 at 11:46, 29 in line at 8:22 a.m. (Note: An investigation is ongoing outside this polling place after a pedestrian was hit by a car and killed as polls opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday.)

Dressel Elementary – 0 at 6:05 p.m., 10 at 4:41, 5 at 4:38, 3 at 4:33, 43 at 1:46, 86 at 11:24,  25 around 9 a.m.

Rooftop Church – 9 at 5:51 p.m.,  64 at 4:28, 48 at 1:43, 186 in line at 11:30 a.m.

Bayless Elementary School – 27 at 5:58 p.m., 31 at 5:42 p.m., 93 at 4:26, 61 at 1:45,  105 in line around 11 a.m.

Grant’s View Library – 0 at 5:55 p.m.,  76 at 4:20, 95 at 1:48, 180 in line at 11:43 a.m.

Affton High School – 50 at 2:16,  56 at 1:43 p.m.

Weber Road Library – 61 at 5:59 p.m., 79 at 4:30 p.m., 74 in line at 1:56

Rogers Middle School – 0 at 5:50 p.m.

Crestwood-Sunset Hills:

Crestwood Community Center – 0 at 6 p.m., 0 at 4:29, 71 at 1:44, 92 at 11:51 a.m., 144 in line at 8:23 a.m.

Crestwood Elementary – 0 at 5:58 p.m., 6 at 4:33, 22 at 1:59, 65 in line at 11:43 a.m.

Oak Bend Branch Library – 0 at 5:41 p.m.,  1 at 4:31, 54 at 1:59,  81 at 11:31, 123 around 9 a.m.

Truman Middle School – 0 at 5:48 p.m., 8 at 4:40, 23 at 4:20, 27 at 1:57, 144 at 11:43 a.m., 111 around 9 a.m.

Sunset Hills Community Center – 0 at 5:56 p.m., 5 at 4:38, 13 at 4:33, 26 at 1:59, 114 at 11:49 a.m., 43 around 9 a.m.

South County Health Center – 1 at 6 p.m., 7 at 4:29, 35 at 1:52, 130 at 11:45 a.m., 220 in line at 8:31 a.m.

LiUNA Event Center – 0 at 5:58 p.m., 0 at 4:31, 55 at 1:34 p.m.

Sappington:

Lindbergh Schools Central Office – 0 at 5:30 p.m., 8 at 4:30 p.m., 50 at 1:32, 122 in line at 11:27 a.m.

Lemay:

Forder Elementary – 157 at 5:57,  170 at 4:14, 179 at 1:52, 178 at 1:28,  230 at 11:52, 229 in line at 8:06 a.m.

Hancock Place Administration Center – 106 at 5:48 p.m., 114 at 4:27,  109 at 1:56, 106 at 11:43, 137 at 8:04 a.m.

Buerkle Middle School – 0 at 6:04 p.m., 101 at 4:25, 110 at 1:47,  139 at 12:06

Mosaic Elementary – 21 at 6:04 p.m.,  99 at 4:20,  91 at 12:41, 99 at 12:07, 85 at 11:27

Bierbaum Elementary – 52 at 6 p.m.,  69 at 5:51, 77 at 4:15, 60 at 1:42, 86 at 11:54

Oakville:

Cliff Cave Library – 46 at 6 p.m., 104 at 4:40, 129 at 1:40,  144 at noon, 135 in line at 8:30

St. Louis County Government Center South – 15 at 5:56 p.m., 20 at 5:39, 130 at 4:22, 75 at 1:46,  85 at 11:59 p.m., 102 in line at 8:07

Bernard Middle School – 3 at 6:01 p.m., 87 at 4:44, 101 at 4:21,  80 at 2:01,  72 at noon, 233 at 8:17 a.m.

Point Elementary – 2 at 5:33, 18 at 4:18, 58 at 1:41, 98 at 12:02, 144 at 11:29, 75 at 8:17 a.m.

Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church – 2 at 5:46, 24 at 4:19, 43 at 1:44, 80 at 11:53 a.m., 38 in line at 8:26

Queen of All Saints Catholic Church – 1 at 5:29, 28 at 4:16, 76 at 1:43, 139 at 11:59, 80 at 8:16

Wohlwend Elementary – 1 at 5:48,  59 at 4:29, 52 at 3:50, 91 at 1:46,  73 at noon, 12 at 8:23

Rogers Elementary – 15 at 5:03, 40 at 4:17, 78 at 1:42 p.m., 155 at 11:58,  91 around 9 a.m.

Oakville High School – 0 at 5:57 p.m., 35 at 3:35, 65 at 12:54,  175 at 10:33 a.m.

St. Paul’s United Church of Christ – 6 at 5:41, 15 at 4:34, 48 at 4:10, 42 at 11:47 a.m.

Oakville Elementary – 1 at 6:01 p.m., 24 at 4:06, 55 at 1:47, 121 at 11:41 a.m.

Concord:

Assumption Parish – 0 at 5:19 p.m., 20 at 4:42, 40 at 4:23, 103 at 1:54,  242 in line at 11:30, 32 in line at 8:14 a.m.

Washington Middle School – 0 at 5:40 p.m.,  27 at 3:50, 92 at 1:53, 156 at 11:04,  105 at 8 a.m.

Trautwein Elementary – 26 at 5:45, 37 at 4:24, 44 at 1:34, 82 in line at 11:08 a.m.

Kennerly Elementary School – 0 at 5:43, 2 at 4:39, 50 at 1:41, 106 at 11:40, 76 at 8:01 a.m.

Kennedy Recreation Center – 0 at 5:40, 13 at 4:22,  79 at 1:45, 138 at 11:32,  135 in line at 8:18 a.m.

St. Louis Community College South County – 17 at 6:06 p.m., 120 at 4:07,  113 at 1:29,  193 at 12:07, 166 at 11:48, 282 in line at 8:18 a.m.

South Side Church of God – 0 at 5:23,  16 at 4:20, 57 at 12:47, 94 in line at 11:45, 40 around 9 a.m.

A reader sent this photo of the line at Rogers Elementary in Oakville around 6:41 a.m. Tuesday. Send photos of your polling place to glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com.

Reader Alex Angle sent this photo of the line to vote at Grant’s View Library.

The two candidates for the 96th District Missouri House seat representing Sunset Hills, Concord and Fenton were both vying for voters at LiUNA Event Center around 11 a.m. Democratic challenger Erica Hoffman’s campaign manager Stephanie Gurley-Thomas sent this photo featuring Hoffman in a mask, right, with incumbent Rep. David Gregory, R-Sunset Hills, seen in the background on the left.