At 7:15 a.m., two election workers at Kodiak’s Teen Center hung a “Vote Here” banner over a wooden handrail. A small stream of cars pulled into the parking lot. Inside, a few people stood in line, waiting for their turns behind the red, white and blue voting booth curtains. A man gave his son a round “I Voted” sticker to wear on his shirt.

“You helped me,” he said, nodding at the boy.

It’s Election Day in Kodiak.

Here are a few reactions some Kodiak voters had at the polls this morning.

Brent Watkins said he and his wife got up a little earlier than normal this morning to get to the polls.

“We got up early this morning and made an event of it,” Watkins said.

He made a last-minute decision in the booth when he tried to choose between Alaska House candidates Alan Austerman and Andy Lundquist. He didn’t know who to vote for until he was faced with the ballot.

He chose Austerman.

“Alan has a history in office,” Watkins said.

Deanna Cooper also had a bit of indecision in the booth this morning.

“Sen. Stevens has done a lot for Alaska, but I’d like to give (Mark) Begich a chance because I think he has a sincere motivation,” Cooper said.

In the end, she said, she voted for Begich.

“I felt relief. I did my duty and I voted for who I thought was right,” Cooper said.

In the presidential race, Cooper said she’s ready to support whoever wins the title, but her candidate in the voting booth was John McCain.

Kodiakan Chad Pysher, however, supported Barack Obama with his vote this morning, saying he was thrilled at the prospect of someone new at the reins very soon.

“It’s exciting and a little scary,” Pysher said.

Kodiakan Ryan Barclay also supports Obama, but not because he is a Democrat.

“They can fight over that,” Barclay said of the issues both candidates have campaigned on.

He said he is supporting Obama because he wants diversity in the White House, freely discussing the nationally debated issue of how race will play out in the election.

“It’s partially because of his skin color, partially because his dad was an immigrant and partially because I think he’ll make international friends,” Barclay said.

James Chong, a naturalized citizen from Malaysia, said he wouldn’t divulge who he voted for.

“I want to keep it secret,” he said.

But Chong appreciated his time in the booth.

“I’m honored to have a chance to vote.”