Mayoral candidate Doug Oliver voted Tuesday morning in East Oak Lane, just a few blocks from his house. He ushered his son, Douglas Ifany Jr., 12, into the voting booth with him, where they spent almost ten minutes talking through the candidate selections and how the process works.

Doug Oliver and his son in the voting booth in East Oak Lane. Pops explaining the political process. #PHL2015 pic.twitter.com/EuKXe8Crxo

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Since declaring his candidacy in January, Oliver has led a low-budget grassroots campaign effort, reaching out to commuters every morning on public transit.

Despite low polling numbers, he remains optimistic about victory today in the Democratic primary.

"Anybody who gets into the mayor's office had best understand that mandate to fix our schools and create jobs in this city," Oliver said after emerging from the booth. "How we get there I don't think people particularly care. They just want us to get there finally so we don't have these conversations year after year. I'll be embarrassed if four years from now after I've been mayor, we're still having conversations about our schools, at least pre-K through 4th [grade]."

Doug Oliver and his son, Ifany Douglas, emerge from the booth #DemocraticProcess #PHL2015 #NextMayorPHL @DO2015PHL pic.twitter.com/7v6AkxKzap

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Oliver also commented on the significance of taking his son to vote with him.

"I want him to understand his civic responsibilities start now," he said.

.@DO2015PHL on the importance of teaching children about voting. #PHL2015 #NextMayorPHL pic.twitter.com/bCOT3NSXUB

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For the remainder of election day, Oliver and his campaign team will be visiting polling stations in the northwest section of the city until their closing time at 8 p.m. He is tentatively attending an election night party in Mount Airy to wait for the ballot results to come in.

Doug Oliver's son says he's proud of his dad & it was cool to vote with him #PHL2015 #NextMayorPHL @DO2015PHL pic.twitter.com/mZXg3I97lJ

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