NEWLINE: POLLS OPEN AT 6 FOR CAPE VOTERS

Polls will open at 6 a.m. today for Cape Girardeau voters.

Two issues will be on today's ballot: whether to annex Twin Lakes Subdivision, situated west of the city limits near the intersection of Hopper Road and Interstate 55, and whether to approve ward boundaries and related city charter changes to enable ward city council elections next year.

Voters who live in Ward 1 will vote as usual at Red Star Baptist Church, despite flooding in that area.

Twin Lakes residents, who reside in Brown Owl precinct, will vote on annexation at their normal polling place: the Department of Conservation Building in North Cape County Park.

Polls close at 7 p.m.