ALTON - Alton Police posted a bulletin this morning that read: "We are currently working a serious traffic crash on Fosterburg Road. The only access to the Public Works Building polling place will be to come from the north on Fosterburg Road southbound."

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The Alton Police Facebook post came through at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, just after the polls opened at 6 a.m.

Today is Election Day at all the voting polls. Voting runs from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Alton Police said they would let the public know when the area of Fosterburg Road was reopened.

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