GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Rena Campbell spent Tuesday urging her neighbors in Grand Rapids to get to the polls.

“Hello sir, tell a friend to tell a friend, all your football buddies, tell them to go vote. Make sure they go vote,” she told a passerby.

She was set up outside Seymour Christian Reformed Church in Alger Heights, which hosted two polling precincts.

“I think it was important to get out here and let people know that we had to get out here and go vote,” Campbell told News 8.

News 8 spoke with a number of voters who said they were ready for election season to wrap up.

“I’m very happy it’s almost over. The political ads and that can be finished and I’m thrilled about that,” Grand Rapids resident Theresa Kinnear said. “I’m hoping for some really good outcomes.”

Voters acknowledged contentious rhetoric during the campaign cycle.

“I think it’s confusing purposely to persuade us not to come out today. With all the hoopla and all the rhetoric and all the anger, the air is filled with all different ways to keep you from coming out and expressing yourself. This is the only way you can beat them is by coming to vote,” voter William Bryant said.

“Climate is a little intense, of course,” agreed voter Matthew Churchill. “My experience (voting) was good. I mean, it just feels good to do your part and say your piece and kind of advocate for people you care about and love. It’s our duty.”

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Kinnear said she was encouraged by early voting turnout and she grabbed a newly designed “I voted” sticker to bring to a friend who voted absentee.

“It was a real quick process this morning. I was in and out and super easy, super smooth. Can’t wait to see some good people elected today,” Kinnear said.

Asked if he felt cool about voting — the message announced on his “I voted” sticker — Bryant reolied, “I do feel cool because there is a generation behind me that has to learn how to do this. So I’m trying to lead the way.”

Grand Rapids resident Tajuane Otterbridge said she was eager to know the election results, but she wasn’t going to be staying up late to watch then come in.

“Honestly, I want to go to sleep and just wake up and hear the results, I’m scared,” Otterbridge said.

News 8 will have elections results on air and online as they come in.