We had some correspondents in the field during Tuesday's election day-- high school students who were serving as election judges in polling places around the city of Chicago, through a program of the Mikva Challenge.  

All of our correspondents had served as election judges in the 2008 general election, and they were able to talk about the dramatic difference in energy and turnout.

James Alford reported in from a South Side precinct:

 John Williams talked to us from a Near West Side polling place.

   And Neha Surender gave us the story from her North Side precinct:

  

The Mikva Challenge-- a non-profit that works to give city teens direct experience with politics and civic leadership-- has trained and placed thousands of high school students as election judges in recent years.