Polls across Alabama are open until 7 p.m. for the primary elections that will determine the candidates for the special election to fill U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ former seat in the U.S. Senate. 

Edgar Veigl voted at Cullman City Hall, and said the choice between candidates was a hard one to make, because he said they all have character flaws. 

“There’s something wrong with each of them,” he said. “It’s difficult.” 

Whoever does win the election will need to put aside any differences between other candidates or parties and work towards a common goal, Veigl said. 

“They have to work together,” he said. 

The Senate seat is currently held by Luther Strange, who was appointed to the seat by former Gov. Robert Bentley after Sessions was named U.S. attorney general by President Donald Trump. 

Strange received an endorsement from Trump. 

Steve and Amy Byrum both said their votes for Strange, based on the president’s endorsement. 

“We support the president, so we support his pick,” Amy Byrum said. 

James Searcy said he voted for Strange as well, and has liked Strange throughout the course of his political career.

“I respect him,” he said. 

Other Cullman residents said they cast their votes for Roy Moore, the former Alabama Chief Justice, including Melinda Jennings. 

“He’s a Christian and he has good values,” Jennings said. 

Moore also received an endorsement from Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, and Jennings said that helped her decide that Moore was the right choice. 

“That carries a lot of weight to me,” she said. 

Bob Franklin said the campaign between most of the candidates has been dirty, and his decision to vote for Moore was partially based on his clean campaign. 

U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks and Strange spent most of their time attacking each other and Moore, but Moore’s campaign focused on his achievements and goals for the future, Franklin said. 

“I liked his character,” he said. 

Whoever people do decide to vote for, it’s important that they do vote, said Margery Harrison. 

“It’s our God-given right,” she said. “Our forefathers fought for it.”