Long wait in Kate's key seat
VOTERS in the key marginal seat of Adelaide faced waiting times of up to an hour at polling booths, forcing some to leave and return later. 
Volunteers for parties across the political spectrum were left to face grumpy constituents when they finally reached the front of the line.
The queue at Prospect Primary snaked around the schoolyard when Liberal candidate David Colovic arrived to vote about 2pm.
The first-time candidate narrowly missed opponent, Labor incumbent Kate Ellis, who had been pressing the flesh at the same polling station until minutes earlier.
Mr Colovic said employment was the main issue affecting votes. "People understand that there are people struggling across the electorate," Mr Colovic said.
"They're concerned about finding a better way, a better future for Adelaide." At Enfield Primary School, Glenn Le Cornu was focused on the voting process itself.
"Have you seen the size of those voting sheets?" he asked. "It's going up the wall.
"It doesn't need to be electronic but maybe a smaller bit of paper wouldn't hurt." Ms Ellis has held the seat of Adelaide since 2004 when she defeated Liberal Trish Worth with 51.3 per cent of the vote.
Going into yesterday she held a 3.9 per cent margin.
Ms Ellis arrived at Goodwood Primary School to vote at 9am with her 14-month-old son, Sam.
An exclusive Advertiser-Galaxy poll of 518 people last week showed Ms Ellis ahead 53 to 47 on a two party preferred basis.
However, her primary vote had fallen from 42.3 per cent at the last election to 35.
"I genuinely would not be surprised if there were all sorts of unexpected results here," Ms Ellis said.
"It's a huge task for us to try and unseat a first-term government but I'm really proud of the policies we've put forward." Ms Ellis was joined by Labor Senate leader Penny Wong who would not be drawn on a prediction for the final result.
"I'll just focus on what we're putting forward," Ms Wong said. Ms Ellis got stuck into a snag after voting, served by five-year-old Katie Knight.
Katie's mum, Emma, said it was good to see Ms Ellis at the school. "The fun is really coming to do the sausage sizzle because then you get to see everyone from the neighbourhood," Ms Knight said During the campaign, the Labor Leader Bill Shorten pledged $500 million to extend tram lines across Adelaide including up O'Connell St and Prospect Rd.Liberal Industry Minister and Member for Sturt Christopher Pyne joined Mr Colovic to pledge $10 million to redevelop Memorial Drive and $250,000 towards Coopers Stadium in Norwood.