JOED VIERA/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER-Lockport, NY-Niagara Street resident Charles Smith speaks with Elections Inspectors looking for his name in the registration book at Anna Merritt Elementary School. Smith was trying to cast his ballot in the 3rd Ward Primary Election, but he was told name wasn’t on the books. Although Smith claims his voter card listed the school as his polling place, the inspectors sent him to the Outwater Park Shelter, where he was finally able to vote. “I think they do this to discourage us from voting,” Smith said.